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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(philosophy) One who believes in the dominance of man's animal nature in behavior..
The animalist’s claim that all persons must be animals, if true, will have to be a posteriori truth.
The hard question for the animalist is whether bodily continuity is necessary for the survival of the animal and, if so, what kind of bodily continuity.
Whether spiritualist or animalist, Baudelaire's representations of sexuality establish contradictions and raise questions that both exemplify the author's dualistic thinking and reveal the unravelling of antithesis in his work.
And in my opinion, the reason we have so few good animalists among modern artists is because the domestication of species and man's development have obscured their deeper visual significance for most of us.
Use animalist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Animalist means (philosophy) One who believes in the dominance of man's animal nature in behavior..
Common synonyms include animalier.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The animalist’s claim that all persons must be animals, if true, will have to be a posteriori truth.
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