temperament vs animalism

animalism vs temperament

temperament and animalism both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
temperament	Yes	No	No	No
animalism	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, animalism is a hyponym of temperament; that is, animalism is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than temperament:

temperament: your usual mood
animalism: preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites

Other hyponyms of temperament include aloneness, loneliness, lonesomeness, solitariness, physicality, bloodiness, bloodthirstiness, heart, spirit, nervousness, esprit de corps, morale, team spirit, moodiness, blood, perfectionism, permissiveness, tolerance, restrictiveness, unpermissiveness, good nature, agreeability, agreeableness, ill nature, disagreeableness, willingness, involuntariness, unwillingness, friendliness, unsociability, unsociableness, unfriendliness, calm, calmness, composure, equanimity, discomposure, optimism, pessimism, epicurism, gourmandism.

temperament (noun)	animalism (noun)
an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys	preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
your usual mood	the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature
excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)

Difference between temperament and animalism

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