[mass noun]animal nature or character 动物性 a pre-human condition of animality. 进化成人类之前的动物性状态。 ■physical, instinctive behaviour or qualities (人的)天生特征;动物本能 what attracted me to her was her animality. 吸引我的是她的活力和本能。
语源
early 17th cent.: from French animalité, from animal (adjective), from Latin animalis 'animate, living' (see animal)