animalhood

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noun

The state or period of being an animal.

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Meanings

nounanimalhood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or period of being an animal.

    August 13, 1870, Henry Ward Beecher, "My Yoke is Easy", in Plymouth Pulpit The moral development of man is manhood; and all below that is animalhood, which we have in common with the brute creation. All our duties, then, are in accordance with our nature.

Origin

From animal + -hood.

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Translations

Portuguese animalidade, animalismo
  • animalidadethe state of being an animal
  • animalismothe state of being an animal
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APA

animalhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalhood

MLA

“animalhood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalhood. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animalhood,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animalhood.

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