animalistic
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“Second Skin” is more sociological than sexy; more anthropological than animalistic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
“What we’re talking about is a much older, evolutionary, more animalistic way of understanding the social world,” says Dr. Eliska Prochazkova, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cognitive Psychology Unit of Leiden University in the Netherlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Some take animalistic forms, looking like out-of-control piñatas.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Sigmund Freud thought it related to animalistic behavior and was relevant in humans mostly in terms of behavioral pathology.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
It was a guttural noise, an animalistic noise—
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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