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animalistic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English animal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English animalistic From animal + -istic.

Meanings

  1. In the manner of and/or resembling an animal.
  2. In the behaviour of an animal savage; untamed.
  3. Of or pertaining to animalism.

Forms

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more animalistic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most animalistic Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

animalistically

Synonyms

brutish · animalesque · Gothlike · barbarous · uncouth · untamed · pagan · tenebrose · beastly · bestial · animal-like · animalian · tameless · uncivil · barbaric · Gothic · wolfish · heathen · barbarian · savage · animalistic · barbarious · feral · animalesque · uncultured · uncultivated · ferine · tameless · wild · bestial · indomite · untame · uplandish · truculent · incivil · brutish · heathenly · heathenish · animalish · heathenous · animalistic · grim · uncivilized · animal-like · feral · uplandish · savage · animalian · brutal · brutish

Translations (17)

pl animalistyczny (of or pertaining to animalism) · ru анималисти́ческий (of or pertaining to animalism) · sv djurisk (in the manner of an animal) · it animalesco (in the manner of an animal) · bn হায়ওয়ানী (in the manner of an animal) · de animalistisch (of or pertaining to animalism) · hu állatias (in the manner of an animal) · uk анімалісти́чний (of or pertaining to animalism) · pl zwierzęcy (in the manner of an animal) · tr hayvani (in the manner of an animal) · tr hayvanımsı (in the manner of an animal) · be анімалісты́чны (of or pertaining to animalism) · hu animalisztikus (of or pertaining to animalism) · tr hayvansı (in the manner of an animal) · it animalistico (of or pertaining to animalism) · de tierisch (in the manner of an animal) · pl animalny (in the manner of an animal)