thú tính
Definition
- 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.)