animalistic

/ (ˈænɪməˌlɪstɪk) /

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of, relating to, or resembling an animal or animals; brutish

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How to use animalistic in a sentence

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“There was something animalistic about that character,” said Panjabi.
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The battle of the rational and spiritual to gain supremacy over the instinctive and animalistic is known to him.
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They have no higher conception of life than that which is wholly animalistic.
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The earlier phases are crude and animalistic, and involve much resort to physical strife.
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Can you look for manliness, for self-respect, and self-control, or anything but animalistic sentimentality?
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