animalism vs school of thought

animalism and school of thought both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
animalism	Yes	No	No	No
school of thought	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, school of thought is a hypernym of animalism; that is, school of thought is a word with a broader meaning than animalism:

animalism: the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature
school of thought: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

Other hypernyms of animalism include doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy.

animalism (noun)	school of thought (noun)
preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites	a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature