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animality

animality noun: the nature of an animal.

Noun

animality (countable and uncountable, plural animalities)

  1. The nature of an animal.
    • For good reason military leaders attempt to instill in their troops beliefs about the nonhumanity—the bestiality or animality or verminlike character—of the enemy.2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury, page 170
  2. The animal kingdom.
  3. Any characteristic of animality.

animality meaning in Tamil and Arabic

animality in Tamil

விலங்கினப்பண்பு, விலங்கியல்பு, மிருகத்தன்மை, விலங்குவாழ்க்கை, விலங்குநிலை, விலங்குஉலகம்

animality in Arabic

nature of an animal
حَيَوَانِيَّة ḥayawāniyya

Forms of animality

pluralanimalities

Origin of animality

From French animalité or its etymon Late Latin animālitās. By surface analysis, animal + -ity.

Questions about animality

What does animality mean?
Animality means the nature of an animal.
What is animality in Tamil?
Animality in Tamil is விலங்கினப்பண்பு, விலங்கியல்பு, மிருகத்தன்மை. See Animality meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is animality?
Animality is a noun.
What is the plural of animality?
The plural of animality is animalities.

Words near animality in the dictionary

  1. animalistic
  2. animalistically
  3. animalists
  4. animalitarianism
  5. animalities
  6. animality
  7. animalivore
  8. animalivores
  9. animalivorous
  10. animalivorousness
  11. animalivory

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: animality (page history and authors); animality (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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