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单词 animalistic
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animalisticadj.

Brit. /ˌanᵻməˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌanᵻmlˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌænəməˈlɪstɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: animal n., -istic suffix.
Etymology: < animal n. + -istic suffix, after animalism n. Compare later animalist n.
Of or relating to animality or animalism (in various senses). Also: animal-like; = animal adj.
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biogenic1901
hologenetic1936
young-earth1979
1739 P. Collinson Let. ?Mar. in J. Bartram Corr. (1992) 115 The Great Query is if the young is really Form'd from the Seed of the Male att the Teat or Received their Figure In the Womb in the Animalistic State.
1877 L. Stephen in Cornhill Mag. Apr. 427 One may see in him [sc. Kingsley] the type of character which, under other conditions, produces the ‘diabolical’ or rather the animalistic school of art and literature.
1882 Warren (Pa.) Ledger 16 June War is such a foul and horrible disgrace, a relic of man's animalistic ancestry.
1935 Times 29 Jan. 10/4 She is permitting herself a sordid passion in which a shambling, animalistic head waiter is her companion.
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Mar. 76/3 Should we regret having to abandon many poetic illusions of the vast, pantheistic or animalistic interpretation of the world?
1988 Amer. Speech 63 365 ‘Primitive animalistic or humanoid responses’ such as ‘Ugh!’ or ‘Pfui’.
1995 P. Conroy Beach Music (1996) xvii. 260 Her theories about the relationship between men and women were brutally frank and animalistic.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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