animalistic

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Without adequate moral constraints, people are animalistic, which is why cannibalism, human sacrifice and slavery have been the rule of history, not the exception.

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  • Mike's growl was an animalistic, primal-scream-therapy-style exhalation of pent-up fury. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 01 - January 1996
  • Judge James Kube says what Droescher did was "animalistic."
  • So, I write this not for you humans, but for the animalistic spirits amongst us who do understand. —  The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories
  • Without adequate moral constraints, people are animalistic, which is why cannibalism, human sacrifice and slavery have been the rule of history, not the exception. —  The New American
  • The Comedian believes ideas of morality are just a figleaf covering up humans 'innate, animalistic brutality. —  New Scientist - Online News
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