Animalization

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Animalization \An`i*mal*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. animalisation.]
     1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or
        endowing with animal properties.
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     2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of


        assimilation. --Owen.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  animalization
       n 1: a depiction in the form of an animal
       2: an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human
          qualities [syn: {brutalization}, {brutalisation}, {animalisation}]