Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

animalness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-i-mal-ness
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being animal; animality.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These examples reveal that the shared personhood of hunters and prey was mutually comprehensible, such that hunters could see the animalness of themselves and the humanness of prey, and prey could see the humanness of themselves […]"

Etymology

From animal (adjective) + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: animal

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does animalness mean?: The quality of being animal; animality.
Where does animalness come from?: From animal (adjective) + -ness.

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