ferality en · NOUN
Etymology
From feral + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being feral.
Perhaps ferality is only a stage for a housecat. A Swedish study suggests that males go through a sequence of life stages: from Novices to Outcasts to Challengers to Breeders.
1985, Blair & Ketchum's Country Journal, volume 12, page 166:Near-synonyms: wildness, brutishness
Coordinates
ferociousness · fierceness · ferocity
Relateds
Synonyms
brutishness · ferity · wildness · feralness