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aliveness

aliveness

2 4.5
A feeling of energy and strong interest in the world
  • noun
  • /əˈlaɪvnəs/
translation icon : vitalidad
  • You have to focus on the activities that ease your breathing and make you visibly glow with aliveness.

Just take consciousness into your hands and feel the aliveness in your hands.

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Examples

  • It is in these moments of empathy for others that Ginger feels her aliveness and her passion, that she lives her religious belief, that we see her faith.

    Academic text (2016)
  • And success, fulfillment, aliveness is not one thing you did one time.

  • What happens is my aliveness goes up and our trust goes deep.

  • The world was made up, not of dead material stuff, but "aliveness," whether science said it was dead or alive or not.

    Blog text (12)
  • Yes, every day I feel basically the same level of aliveness I did a few minutes ago, but I feel kind of like a kindergartner.

  • More you trust this, the more freedom, creativity, love, aliveness you'll find in your life.

  • You can actually feel the sense of aliveness and the swelling or surging of energy in your heart space.

  • It means fullness, aliveness, and life itself.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Frequently, they quarrel simply to recharge the air between them, to sharpen the aliveness of their relationship.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The vibrant colors of the sunset filled me with a sense of aliveness as I stood on the beach.

Synonyms

life
vsaliveness
344 2.0

Energy that makes something feel active or interesting

is the underlying state of existing biologically rather than just showing energy
vitality
vsaliveness
29 4.3

Energy and liveliness that make a person or thing seem active

is about simple existence or animation rather than sustained physical strength
vibrancy
vsaliveness
7 4.6

A strong, lively energy and brightness in people, places, or things

refers more to being alive in general, not vivid sensory impact
liveliness
vsaliveness
3 3.4

A feeling of energy and excitement that makes people active

is the basic condition of being alive rather than outward excitement
spiritedness
vsaliveness
3 5.6

A quality of being lively and full of energy

is the neutral biological state rather than energetic behaviour or attitude
liveness
vsaliveness
7.7

Having life and moving or feeling, like animals

is more about energy or visible activity than strict physical existence
animacy
vsaliveness
  • Specialized
8.7

Whether something is alive or treated as alive in language

focuses more on active energy and expression rather than status
animateness
vsaliveness
  • Specialized
9.3

A state of being alive like animals rather than plants or things

is broader, signifying general energy or active display rather than taxonomic life
livingness
vsaliveness
7.7

A feeling that something is full of life and energy

is the more general state of being alive rather than vivid presence
sprightliness
vsaliveness
7.2

A lively, energetic way of moving or acting

is broader, covering existence itself beyond quick or nimble behaviour
liveliness-osity
vsaliveness
  • Informal
9.9

A joyful energy that makes people want to move or dance

is the straightforward state of biological existence without playful tone

Antonyms

1 5.3

A state of no life or energy that makes a person feel empty

1 5.4

A lack of life, energy, or movement

Lack of life or movement in things

How Alive

vibrancy
7 4.6
vitality
29 4.3
aliveness
2 4.5
lifelessness
1 5.4
death
1.0

Surface Forms

aliveness singular
alivenesses plural

Morphology

aliveness = alive (transparent) = alive + ness

The word 'aliveness' is transparently derived from 'alive' with the addition of the suffix '-ness', indicating a state or quality.

Etymology

The word aliveness comes from alive + the ending -ness, and alive comes from old English words for 'life', the same root as life and live. So aliveness means the 'state of being full of life', which is why we use it for energy, movement, or a strong feeling of being present.