Aberrant -
Adj. Straying from the right or normal way.
Abyss -
Noun. A distance or separation between two things.
The Animated Bestiary
Acquiescence -
Noun.
Agreement or consent by silence or without objection.
"The subordinate animal indicates acquiescence with a flattening of her ears."
Lawrence, R D. In Praise of Wolves. New York: H. Holt, 1986. Print.
Amanuensis -
Noun. A person employed to write what another dictates, or to copy what has been written by another.
"That is not what Red Peter was striving for when he wrote, through his amanusnsis Franz Kafka, the life history that, in November of 1917, he proposed to read to the Academy of Science." Coetzee p26
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Ambivalence -
Noun. Simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings toward an object, person, or action.
-Merriam-Webster English Dictionary
Amniote -
Noun.
Any of a group (Amniota) of vertebrates that undergo embryonic or fetal development within an amnion. Includes birds, reptiles, and mammals.
-Merriam-Webster English Dictionary
Animal Marginalizing -
Verb. Treating as insignificant or peripheral.
"Why Look at Animals?"
Anthropocentric -
Adj.
Considering human beings as the most significant entity of the universe.
"That college grad is awfully anthropocentric."
Anthropomorphism -
Noun.
An interpretation of what is and is not human or personal in terms of human and personal characteristics.
Apogee -
Noun.
The highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination.
"The animal represents the apogee of the character trait in question: the lion, absolute courage; the hare, lechery."
Definitions from Oxford Dictionaries Online
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Berger, John. "Why Look at Animals?" The Animals Reader. eds. Linda Kalof and Amy Fitzgerald. Oxford: Berg, 2007. Print.
Automata -
Noun.
Plural of automaton; something capable of acting automatically or without an external motive.
“You can animate all these and make them automata”
Source: Ruth Hayes (?)
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