an|i|mal|ize

an|i|mal|ize
an|i|mal|ize «AN uh muh lyz», transitive verb, -ized, -iz|ing.
1. to convert into animal matter, as food by assimilation.
2. to brutalize; sensualize: »

It does not bring about... [an] animalizing of the human, but rather it celebrates man at his human best (London Times).

an´i|mal|i|za´tion, noun.

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