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animalistic

animalistic adjective: in the manner of and/or resembling an animal.

Adjective

animalistic (comparative more animalistic, superlative most animalistic)

  1. In the manner of and/or resembling an animal.
  2. In the behaviour of an animal savage; untamed.
  3. Of or pertaining to animalism.

animalistic meaning in Bengali and Malayalam

animalistic in Bengali

in the manner of an animal
হায়ওয়ানী haẏẇanī

animalistic in Malayalam

animalistic
മൃഗീയ mr̥gīya

Synonyms of animalistic

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All synonyms of animalistic

Forms of animalistic

comparativemore animalistic
superlativemost animalistic

Origin of animalistic

From animal + -istic.

Words formed from animalistic

Questions about animalistic

What does animalistic mean?
Animalistic means in the manner of and/or resembling an animal.
What is animalistic in Bengali?
Animalistic in Bengali is হায়ওয়ানী (haẏẇanī). See Animalistic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is animalistic?
Animalistic is an adjective.

Words near animalistic in the dictionary

  1. animalish
  2. animalising
  3. animalism
  4. animalisms
  5. animalist
  6. animalistic
  7. animalistically
  8. animalists
  9. animalitarianism
  10. animalities
  11. animality

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Adapted from Wiktionary: animalistic (page history and authors); മൃഗീയ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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