animalistic

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to animalism

Questions about animalistic

What does animalistic mean?

animalistic means "of or pertaining to animalism".

How many syllables are in animalistic?

animalistic has 5 syllables and divides as a-ni-ma-li-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is animalistic a common word?

animalistic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.