visceral
📖 Definitions
adjective
1. Related to viscera.
2. Instinctive, not reasoning or intellectual.
3. Dealing with base emotions; earthy, crude.
💬 Usage Examples
“The movie is less visceral than the book, omitting scenes of a turtle and a shark being butchered on the lifeboat.” Brian D. Johnson; A New Life for Pi; Maclean’s (Toronto, Canada); Nov 7, 2012. “They endured visceral racial hostility openly expressed, doors slammed in their faces when they sought jobs and accommodations, and disheartening signs: ‘No Blacks, No Irish, No dogs.’” Barrington M.
Salmon; The Queen is Dead. Maybe the Monarchy Needs to Die, Too; Washington Informer; Sep 15, 2022.