Meanings
plural animalities
- countableuncountableThe 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 - countableuncountableThe animal kingdom.
- countableuncountableAny characteristic of animality.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinanimālitās
- Frenchanimalité
- Englishanimality
From French animalité or its etymon Late Latin animālitās. By surface analysis, animal + -ity.
More words from French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic حَيَوَانِيَّة
- حَيَوَانِيَّة (ḥayawāniyya)nature of an animal
Finnish eläimellisyys, eläimellinen piirre
- eläimellisyysnature of an animal
- eläimellinen piirrecharacteristic of animality
French animalité
- animalitécharacteristic of animality
Latin animalitas
- animalitasnature of an animal
Polish animalizm, zwierzęcość
- animalizmcharacteristic of animality
- zwierzęcośćcharacteristic of animality
Turkish hayvanlık, behimiyet
- hayvanlıknature of an animal
- behimiyetnature of an animal
Cite this entry
animality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animality
“animality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animality. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “animality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/animality.
Source: animality on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.