animalism

== English == === Etymology === From animal +‎ -ism. === Noun === animalism (countable and uncountable, plural animalisms) (philosophy, ontology) The doctrine that humans are merely animals, and lack any spirituality. [from 18th c.] Animal-like behaviour or appetite; brutality. [from 19th c.] In a positive sense: natural animal activity; physicality, natural energy. [from 19th c.] Animal liberation; animal rights advocacy. ==== Related terms ==== animalist ==== See also ==== speciesism === Further reading === animalism (philosophy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia