the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. Animal existence or nature.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being an animal; animal existence or nature in man; the animal as opposed to the spiritual side of human nature.
n. In physiology, the aggregate of those vital phenomena which characterize animals. See vegetality.
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n. the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect
Word Usage
"Scientists, philosophers and quite a few toilers in the humanities believe—and would have the rest of us believe—that nothing fundamental separates humanity from animality."