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animalism

[an-uh-muh-liz-uhm] / ˈæn ə məˌlɪz əm /
NOUN
physicality
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Today, “Horses” retains its punk animalism and wild tear through the emotional wilderness.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 25, 2025

Slate is full of praise for both actors, saying that she will be first in line later this year to see Adams’ buzzy “Nightbitch,” a movie that shares with “Lifeform” themes of postpartum animalism.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 22, 2024

Three new films are making fresh attempts to reckon with “the symbol of animalism and evil”, as Rolling Stone magazine called him.

From The Guardian May 15, 2019

The cast is strong, too: Mr. Cole and Mr. Naumovski circling each other with a territorial animalism, Ms. Alsip deploying an easy glow that turns to outrage.

From New York Times Jan. 21, 2016

So little does the 'higher man of to-day' worry about his sins that he sinks into the slough of animalism undisturbed by any thought of wrong.

From Stand Up, Ye Dead by Maclean, Norman




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