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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

“Savage animalism is nothing; inventive spiritualism is all,” he writes in one place, and implies in a thousand.

From The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 by Various