animalism

/an-uh-muh-liz-uhm/US // ˈæn ə məˌlɪz əm //UK // (ˈænɪməˌlɪzəm) //

动物主义,兽性,兽性主义,动物性

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : preoccupation with or motivation by sensual, physical, or carnal appetites rather than moral, spiritual, or intellectual forces.
- : the theory that human beings lack a spiritual nature.

nounphysicality

Synonyms

It is difficult to give the reader an idea of the utter animalism, if I may so term it, of p. 53rural life some fifty years ago.
"The supremacy of love," meaning the supremacy of animalism, is the excuse for undermining the very foundations of family life.
We are persistently taught that we are animals and nothing more,let us therefore not be ashamed of animalism.
The greater animalism of man also comes out here in full force.
Then worse than this, still greater multitudes are prompted to this union by sensuous desires—base animalism.