animateness

9.3

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

noun
/ˈænɪmətnəs/

Specialized

: animación

The animateness of the puppy was evident as it eagerly chased after the ball.

Examples

It further follows that the test for 'animateness' cannot be the same as checking whether the entity is dead or alive; you are just making a play on words.

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Since it is a deliberate decision that is alleged to make Newton inapplicable, it follows that the bacterium cannot have the property of 'animateness.'

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Observing the animateness of the wild deer in the forest brought joy to the hikers.
In the museum, the exhibit showcased the animateness of various animal species in their natural habitats.

Synonyms

aliveness

vsanimateness

2 4.5

A feeling of energy and strong interest in the world

is a biological state about animal life, not an emotional or energetic quality

liveness

vsanimateness

7.7

Having life and moving or feeling, like animals

focuses on having animal life rather than plant or nonliving existence

animacy

vsanimateness

Specialized

8.7

Whether something is alive or treated as alive in language

refers to biological living status rather than a grammar label

Antonyms

lifelessness

1 5.4

A lack of life, energy, or movement

inanimateness

9.8

Lack of life or movement in things

How Animate

aliveness

2 4.5

animateness

Specialized

9.3

inanimacy

Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

animateness singular

animatenesses plural

Morphology

animateness = animate (transparent) = animate + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'animate' using '-ness' to indicate the quality or state.

Etymology

Animateness comes from the Latin root anima, meaning 'breath' or 'soul', plus the ending -ness that shows a quality. So animateness is the quality of 'having life', the same idea behind animal and animate, which is why we use it to say what is alive and what is 'inanimate'.