animalization
animalization · animalizations
The act of animalizingThe act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
(countable, uncountable)Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.
More definitions
- a depiction in the form of an animal
- an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Compare French animalisation.Compare French animalisation.
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Forms
plural: animalizationsSynonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities:brutalizationbrutalisationanimalisation
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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