animal-reminder disgust

Noun

animal reminder disgust (uncountable)

1. A feeling of disgust triggered by reminders that one is mortal and that certain aspects of one's nature are inherently animalistic.
   • Animal reminder disgust refers to elicitors that remind individuals of their animal origins through sight stimuli such as blood, veins, tissue, and death. Violations of hygienic norms have been conceptualized as animal reminder disgust because they are related to animalistic behavior (Haidt...2008, Dean McKay, Reuben Robbins, “Chapter Two: Fears of Contamination”, in Jonathan S. Abramowitz, Dean McKay, Steven Taylor, editors, Clinical Handbook of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Related...