Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sensualist.
  • noun In physiology, an animalculist.
  • noun In art, an artist who devotes his chief energies to the representation of animals, as distinguished from one who represents the human figure, landscapes, etc.; an animal-painter or animal-sculptor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun one who believes in the dominance of man's animal nature in behavior.
  • noun a sensualist.
  • noun one who believes that microorganisms cause disease.
  • noun a writer of animal stories.
  • noun a painter or sculptor whose primary subject is animals.

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Examples

  • We knew they were interested in a kind of animalist romantic view.

    Talk to the San Francisco Webgrrls 1997

  • The images of the black women being animalist, mean, angry, mad, etc. is what is glorified on the runway and media.

    Gender Part 2: The "Real" Female Fear JLK 2009

  • Power has been sucked up from the church by a tornado of political and animalist hate that has its eye on gay America.

    Tom Gregory: America 2009: Hand Sanitizer, Safe Babies, and Prop 8 2009

  • The perennial animalist game of "Who's Your Daddy" was a regular big deal to them.

    Danger, Will Robinson!! 2007

  • They are going to publish this news in the main animalist pages of Spain.

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  • I wish I could have been taught as thoroughly about the muslim, shinto, animalist, etc. religions, too.

    Stepping right into the thick of it... FUZZARELLY 2007

  • My cat's called Rupert and I accuse you of being animalist and an ailurophobe!

    Patrick Mercer Resigns 2007

  • We saw the realist run into the naturalist, the naturalist into the animalist, the psychologist into the sexualist, and the sudden reaction to romance, in the form of what is called the historic novel, the receipt for which can be prescribed by any competent pharmacist.

    The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • We saw the realist run into the naturalist, the naturalist into the animalist, the psychologist into the sexualist, and the sudden reaction to romance, in the form of what is called the historic novel, the receipt for which can be prescribed by any competent pharmacist.

    Complete Essays Charles Dudley Warner 1864

  • The issue is not about people being empathic with whales because of their high intellectual ability. says he condemns the methods used by the animalist group.

    Elites TV Global Voices Online 2010

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