animalizes
Reduces to instinct
Animalizes means to make animal-like or reduce to animal nature.
The word typically describes stripping away human qualities—reason, dignity, restraint—leaving only base instincts: Propaganda animalizes the enemy, making atrocities easier to commit.
Less commonly, it means to represent something in animal form or endow with animal characteristics.
Treat with cruel violence
- degradeLower in standing
- debaseLower in quality
- depersonalizeRemove individual character
- bestializeMake like an animal
dehumanize · objectify · vilify · barbarize · demean · denigrate · savagery · subhuman
Innate behavioral tendencies
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
dominance · feral · primal · pack · herd · alpha · aggression · impulse
Make like an animal
- metamorphoseChange form entirely
- transformChange completely in form
- werewolfShapeshifting wolf-person
- shapeshifterBeing altering its form
lycanthropy · feral · mutate · regress · devolve · beast · creature · morph
brutalize
Treat with cruel violence
- degradeLower in standing
- debaseLower in quality
- depersonalizeRemove individual character
bestialize · dehumanize · objectify · vilify · barbarize · demean · denigrate · savagery · subhuman · otherize
instincts
Innate behavioral tendencies
- predatoryExploiting the vulnerable
- territorialDefensive about owned space
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
mating · dominance · feral · primal · pack · herd · alpha · aggression · impulse · drive
bestialize
Make like an animal
- metamorphoseChange form entirely
- transformChange completely in form
- werewolfShapeshifting wolf-person
shapeshifter · lycanthropy · feral · mutate · regress · devolve · beast · creature · morph · transmogrify
animalizescivilizes
Makes socially refined
refines · cultivates · polishes · domesticates · tames
animalizeshumanizes
Makes more relatable
dignifies · ennobles · personifies · exalts · uplifts
animalizeselevates
Raises in position
exalts · sanctifies · spiritualizes · purifies · uplifts