animateness

Definitions of animateness
  1. noun
    the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
    synonyms: aliveness, liveness
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    antonyms:
    inanimateness
    not having life
    types:
    animation, vitality
    the property of being able to survive and grow
    sentience
    the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness
    type of:
    physiological property
    a property having to do with the functioning of the body
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