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animalize

verb
an·​i·​mal·​ize | \ ˈa-nə-mə-ˌlīz How to pronounce animalize (audio) \
animalized; animalizing

Definition of animalize

transitive verb

1 : to represent in animal form
2 : to cause to be or act like an animal
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Other Words from animalize

animalization \ ˌa-​nə-​mə-​lə-​ˈzā-​shən How to pronounce animalization (audio) \ noun

Examples of animalize in a Sentence

six months of solitary living in the jungle would animalize anyone

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 Sociologist Anthony Cortese found that in popular culture black women are often othered, animalized and exoticized, associating women of color with primitivity or wild sexuality. — Katie Edwards, Washington Post, "How Beyoncé’s Virgin Mary imagery challenges racist, religious and sexual stereotypes," 14 July 2017

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First Known Use of animalize

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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