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beasts of prey

beasts of prey is the plural of beast of prey.

Meaning of beast of prey

Noun

beast of prey (plural beasts of prey)

  1. A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates.
  2. (figuratively) A predatory person, savagely cruel and ruthless in their treatment of others.
    • Much controversy has surrounded Nietzsche’s writings on the “higher” and “lower” types of man. Is he to be taken as glorifying the cruel tyrant, the “beast of prey”, or did he have some less repulsive ideal? The answer seems to be neither an unqualified yes nor an unqualified no.1973, Philippa Foot, “"Nietzsche: The Revaluation of Values"”, in Robert C. Solomon, Garden City, New York, editors, Nietzsche: A Collection of Critical Essays, Anchor Books, →ISBN, page 160

Questions about beasts of prey

What is beasts of prey the plural of?
Beasts of prey is the plural of beast of prey.

Words near beasts of prey in the dictionary

  1. Beaston
  2. Beastons
  3. beasts
  4. beasts of burden
  5. beasts of draught
  6. beasts of prey
  7. beasts of venery
  8. beasts on
  9. beasts with two backs
  10. beastship
  11. beasty

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