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animalisation

 

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Noun animalisation has 1 sense
  1. brutalization, brutalisation, animalization, animalisation - an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
    --1 is a kind of degradation, debasement

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Animalisation

Noun

1. The act or process of attributing animal-like characteristics to someone or something.

Example sentence: In his novel, the author uses animalisation to portray the antagonist as a cunning fox.

2. Psychology (Freudian Theory)

a. The unconscious regression or identification with an animal, often considered as a defense mechanism.

Example sentence: The therapist suggested that the patient's animalisation of himself as a bear symbolized his desire for strength and protection.

3. Linguistics

a. The formation of words or phrases that imitate or resemble animal sounds.

Example sentence: Onomatopoeia is a common form of animalisation in language, like "meow" for the sound that cats make.

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