an·i·mal·ize /ˈænəməˌlaɪz/
(vt.)使動物化
An·i·mal·ize v. t. [imp. & p. p. Animalized p. pr. & vb. n. Animalizing.]
1. To endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form.
2. To convert into animal matter by the processes of assimilation.
3. To render animal or sentient; to reduce to the state of a lower animal; to sensualize.
The unconscious irony of the Epicurean poet on the animalizing tendency of his own philosophy. --Coleridge.
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animalize
v 1: represent in the form of an animal [syn: animalise]
2: make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had
brutalized him" [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalise]
3: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: brutalize,
brutalise, animalise]