noun
1. a depiction in the form of an animal
• Hypernyms: ↑delineation, ↑depiction, ↑limning, ↑line drawing
2. an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities
• Syn: ↑brutalization, ↑brutalisation, ↑animalisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑brutalise (for: ↑brutalisation), ↑brutalize (for: ↑brutalization)
• Hypernyms: ↑degradation, ↑debasement
Useful english dictionary. 2012.