animalistic
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"Immediately it was immense fear, it was sort of like animalistic fear," Gershkovich said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
“What we’re talking about is a much older, evolutionary, more animalistic way of understanding the social world,” says Dr. Eliska Prochazkova, a postdoctoral researcher at the Cognitive Psychology Unit of Leiden University in the Netherlands.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Some take animalistic forms, looking like out-of-control piñatas.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Sigmund Freud thought smell related to animalistic behavior and was relevant in humans mostly in terms of behavioral pathology.
From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2025
“Por favor, señoritas, don’t kill me,” the chupacabras cried out in a thick, animalistic voice.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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