Definition of "bestialization" [bestialization]

• The state or process of turning bestial; depravation, corruption, degradation, dehumanization (noun)

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• "I suggest that this is no more nor less than the bestialization of both the victim and the punter."
• "And then there is the scenario which any reader of the apocalyptic scriptures foretells – war between blocs, not nations, deception, Israel caught in the middle of it and the inevitable slide to the feudal bestialization of human beings to an extent not conceived of in the west for centuries."
• "Along with the formal consideration of the nature and powers of the different parts of the soul, there remains some concern with man's position in the universe, but this is regarded essentially in static, hieratic terms rather than as a dynamic, operative potential for restoration of the divine image, or for irremediable bestialization."