animalization
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- a depiction in the form of an animalType of delineation, depiction
- an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualitiesSynonyms: brutalizationbrutalisationanimalisationType of degradation, debasement
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
An′i·mal·i·za′tion (…), noun
Origin: Cf. F. animalisation.
1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. Richard Owen
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54