Definition

1. Noun:
   • Bestiality / Animal nature: The inherent, often base, instincts and desires shared with animals, particularly referring to raw, uncivilized, or carnal drives in humans.
   • Brutishness / Savagery: A state or quality of being cruel, violent, or devoid of human reason and compassion, akin to a wild beast.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chiến tranh đã đánh thức thú tính trong con người. (War awakened the bestiality within man.)
  • Hắn hành động hoàn toàn theo thú tính, không chút lý trí. (He acted purely on brutish instinct, without any reason.)
  • Sự tàn bạo đó là biểu hiện của thú tính. (That cruelty is a manifestation of savagery.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in philosophical, sociological, or psychological contexts to discuss the conflict between human civilization and primal instincts.
  • Các nhà triết học tranh luận về việc kiểm soát thú tính. (Philosophers debate the control of bestial nature.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bản năng (n): instinct. This is a more neutral term for innate behavior, not necessarily base or cruel.

  • Bản năng sinh tồn rất mạnh mẽ. (The survival instinct is very strong.)

• Dã tính (n): wild nature. Often used for animals or untamed characteristics.

  • Con sói vẫn giữ nguyên dã tính. (The wolf retains its wild nature.)

Synonyms

• Bestiality: The state of being like a beast, particularly in violent or sexual behavior.
• Brutishness: The quality of being brutal, coarse, or insensitive.
• Savagery: The quality of being fierce, violent, and uncivilized.
• Animalistic instinct: Drives and behaviors comparable to those of an animal.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Để thú tính lấn át: To let one's brutish nature overwhelm (one's humanity).

  • Hắn để thú tính lấn át và phạm tội. (He let his brutish nature overwhelm him and committed a crime.)

• Trỗi dậy thú tính: For bestial instincts to rise/emerge.

  • Trong hoàn cảnh khốn cùng, thú tính dễ trỗi dậy. (In desperate circumstances, bestial instincts easily rise.)