The state, quality, or condition of being animal; the essential nature that all animals share.
From Old French 'animal' plus the Latin suffix '-ity' (meaning 'state or quality'), used since the 14th century in philosophical and theological discussions.
Medieval theologians debated animality intensely—they wanted to know what distinguished humans from 'mere' animality, and this question drove religious, philosophical, and scientific thought for centuries.
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