Adjective
of or pertaining to animalism
Source: WordNetAccording to his theory, every person has a lower animalistic and higher Godly soul. Source: Internet
Although film depictions include very animalistic facial features, the reaction of the Hogwarts girls to Firenze suggests a more classical appearance. Source: Internet
Also aggressiveness and animalistic urges may be intensified and harder to control (hunger, sexual arousal). Source: Internet
After completing what seems to be a wobbly move, letting out an animalistic grunt, and slamming the barbell back onto its holder, the big boy looks into the camera, eyes squinting and face proud. Source: Internet
In the book, as in America today, the black people are rendered as either passive, simple and childlike, or animalistic and capable of unimaginable violence. Source: Internet
In The Red Badge of Courage, this distance is paired with a great number of references to animals, and men with animalistic characteristics: people "howl", "squawk", "growl", or "snarl". Source: Internet