beasthoodn.
/ˈbiːsthʊd/, U.S. /ˈbistˌ(h)ʊd/ The fact or condition of being a beast or like a beast (in various senses of beast n.); beastly or bestial nature or character.
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brutality1711
animalness1730
bestial1785
beastship1828
beasthood1837
brutehood1852
animalhood1863
beastdoma1876
brutedom1890
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. i. vii. 69 Many a Circe Island, with temporary..conversion into beasthood and hoghood.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 25/1 Instinct with all the elements of manhood and beasthood.
1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. III. viii. 114 Beasts..Do credit to their beasthood.
1916 Daily Tel. 28 Apr. 3/3 Co-operation was the upward road for humanity. Men grew out of beasthood by it.
1995 R. M. Pyle Where Bigfoot Walks xiv. 204 His talk took on an incantatory tone, and the account became a beguiling litany of beasthood: ‘He's a monster, he'll eat anything.’
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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