Having been made to seem or become like an animal; stripped of human qualities.
Past tense and past participle of animalize. Formed by adding -ed to animalize, following the regular English past tense pattern that has been used since Old English times.
When used in historical or literary contexts, 'animalized' often reveals the prejudices of the writer—showing us what past societies considered 'animal-like' tells us more about their fears and values than about any actual animality.
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