Associations to the word «Animalism»

Wiktionary

ANIMALISM, noun. The doctrine that humans are merely animals, and lack any spirituality
ANIMALISM, noun. The enjoyment of physical appetites

Dictionary definition

ANIMALISM, noun. The doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature.
ANIMALISM, noun. Preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats