9 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature
noun preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
originEtymology tree English animal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English animalism From animal + -ism.
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