animalise

• Verbo que significa hacer semejante a un animal o bestial; reducir a alguien a un nivel animal, degradar o deshumanizar.

An obsolete verb meaning to make animal-like or bestial; to degrade to the level of an animal.

1. Represent as an animalC2formalbritish

   To depict or portray something or someone in the form or likeness of an animal.

   Representar como animal

   • The artist chose to animalise the human figures in his painting.
   • In the cartoon, the characters are animalised to make them more relatable.
   • The myth animalises natural forces, giving them animal forms.

   Sinónimosanimalize

2. Make brutal or inhumanC2formalbritish

   To cause someone to become brutal, unfeeling, or lacking in human sensitivity.

   Embrutecer, deshumanizar

   • The harsh conditions of war can animalise even the most gentle souls.
   • Prolonged isolation and cruelty can animalise a person's character.
   • The regime's propaganda sought to animalise its opponents.

   Sinónimosdegradedehumanize

   Antónimoscivilisegentlehumaniserefine

3. Become insensitiveC2formalbritish

   To become brutal, insensitive, or devoid of human feelings.

   Embrutecerse

   • After years of abuse, he began to animalise, losing all empathy.
   • The protagonist animalises as a result of his traumatic experiences.
   • In the novel, the villain gradually animalises, becoming a monster.

   Sinónimosbrutalisedehumanisedehumanize

   Antónimoscivilisehumaniserefinesoften