ˌanəˈmaləd.ē, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: French animalité, from animal + -ité -ity
1. : animal healthiness, vitality, and absence of inhibitions : animalism
the freedom of primitive sensuous animality — John Dewey
2.
a. : the state of being an animal
b. : animal nature especially when not conferring of itself the faculty of reason
that mental life which is characteristically human and above the level of sheer animality — Susanne K. Langer
c. : a characteristic function or expression of animal nature
the rude animality of eating — R.L.Taylor
3.
a. : animal life as distinguished from plant life
the relationship of vegetable life and animality
b. : animal kingdom