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liveness

liveness

7.7
Having life and moving or feeling, like animals
  • noun
  • /ˈlaɪv.nəs/
translation icon : vitalidad
  • No Blu-ray or high-definition 3D playback system can make the liveness of that action fully tangible.

And if you really fully experience your liveness in the inner body, the mind stops.

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Examples

  • The documentary captured the liveness of the event, making the audience feel as if they were really there.

  • Air Raid, similarly, shows us a modernist writer addressing a mass audience through radio while also reflecting on the modes of writing demanded by the medium—the intimate address of the announcer, for example, and the liveness of the newscast.

    Academic text (2016)
  • And if you really fully experience your liveness in the inner body, the mind stops.

  • That song was on a loop during the Olympics, but in that moment, Perry's song called attention to the "liveness" of the moment.

    Blog text (7)
  • There's only a sense of beingness or liveness, and that is the connectedness with being.

  • If the photograph is no longer seen as a transparent document but as an intentional work of art, not only can we claim significance in each of the photo's details, but we can imaginatively set the static body in motion and, in fact, gain a better view of Dada performance without falsely claiming to recreate its liveness and presence.

    Academic text (2014)
  • In theater, the actors' performances add a unique liveness that cannot be replicated in film.

  • The festival celebrated the liveness of local music, showcasing vibrant performances from various artists.

Synonyms

aliveness
vsliveness
2 4.5

A feeling of energy and strong interest in the world

emphasizes contrast with plant or nonliving things rather than general vitality
animateness
vsliveness
  • Specialized
9.3

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

is broader referring to being alive or animated in general
animacy
vsliveness
  • Specialized
8.7

Whether something is alive or treated as alive in language

focuses on actual biological life rather than grammatical or life like use
livingness
vsliveness
7.7

A feeling that something is full of life and energy

refers to biological life rather than merely energetic or vivid presence

Antonyms

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
liveness
7.7
lifelessness
1 5.4

Surface Forms

liveness singular
livenesses plural

Morphology

liveness = live (transparent) = live + ness

Direct nominalization of the adjective 'live' with '-ness'; the meaning 'state or quality of being alive/animated' is straightforward.

Etymology

Liveness comes from the common verb live, meaning 'alive', plus the ending -ness, meaning 'state' or 'quality'. So, liveness is the 'state of being alive', used to talk about how clearly something shows life.