Animal
Animal adjective - Of or relating to the human body.
Usage example: had intellectual as well as animal needs
Mental
Mental adjective - Involving the mind or an intellectual process.
Usage example: mental calculations
Both words in one sentence
- Note Actually, there is a mental illness called Clinical lycanthropy where there person does believe they're some kind of animal, dog included
Source: G-Rated Mental Illness -
The animal metaphors are meant to symbolize Lennie's mental incapacities and simpleminded thinking.
Source: Literature / Of Mice and Men -
In any case, a physical transformation into an animal may be accompanied by a mental transformation into that animal, more so if it was involuntary.
Source: Animorphism
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