Need a word

conf101

I've been writing an essay all day and my brain is absolute mush. I'm trying to think of a word that should normally be on the tip of my tongue but right now I can't think of it. Is there a word to describe when an author uses animal imagery to de-humanise a character in a novel?

Please tell me someone knows it otherwise I'll be tearing my hair out all bloody night!!

Kinetic^

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Kold

It's beastiality. Use that.

conf101

Kinetic^ wrote: »

Locked

Wow, thanks for your help Einstein :rolleyes:

sillymoo

Kold wrote: »

It's beastiality. Use that.

Zoophilia????

Earthhorse

Dogging, I think they call it.

conf101

You can always rely on a few people to come up with the blindingly obvious jokes that aren't even funny!!! Good on ya lads! Your mothers must be proud!

Overheal

barbarize?

Kinetic^

conf101 wrote: »

Wow, thanks for your help Einstein :rolleyes:

K-i-n-e-t-i-c-^

InkSlinger67

Ask folks who live in Cork. They're usually savage at thinking up such awkward words

sillymoo

conf101 wrote: »

Wow, thanks for your help Einstein :rolleyes:

conf101 wrote: »

You can always rely on a few people to come up with the blindingly obvious jokes that aren't even funny!!! Good on ya lads! Your mothers must be proud!

TBH you should be expecting this in AH :rolleyes:

gino85

Mental Menagerie?
Primitivism?
Similes?

Kernel

I was thinking allegory, but that's for representing abstract ideas or conditions through a character/object.



So my word is poontang.

taram

InkSlinger67 wrote: »

Ask folks who live in Cork. They're usually savage at thinking up such awkward words

Hi, I'm the person from Cork sent to give you the word zoomorphism, it's the tendency of viewing human behaviour in terms of the behaviour of animals, analogous to anthropomorphsim, which views animal behaviour in human terms, that's what you're looking for?




wiki ftw :P

eVeNtInE

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tech77

Would it be "zoomorphise".
Kinda the reverse/animal equivalent of anthropomorphise (the (often) stupid assignment of human characteristics to animals).

Zoo: pertaining to animal (instead of the prefix anthropo (human)).
Morphise: pertaining to shaping/creating etc.

Do i win a prize?

Brutalize is close but wouldn't that pertain to adopting the sensibility of an animal?

IvySlayer

I got scared.

'I need a word'

Thought I was in trouble

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

This is what you get for studying all day. Go get pissed like a good student and you'll have the word in the morning.

Valmont

I think it's anthropomorphic. I didn't even google it so it could very well be wrong.

EDIT: I am wrong. Tech77 says why.