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ALIVENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
Synonyms:
aliveness; animateness; liveness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("aliveness" is a kind of...):
physiological property (a property having to do with the functioning of the body)
Attribute:
animate (endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life)
inanimate; non-living; nonliving (not endowed with life)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aliveness"):
animation; vitality (the property of being able to survive and grow)
sentience (the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness)
Derivation:
alive (possessing life)
alive (having life or vigor or spirit)
alive ((often followed by 'with') full of life and spirit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The condition of living or the state of being alive
Example:
life depends on many chemical and physical processes
Synonyms:
aliveness; animation; life; living
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("aliveness" is a kind of...):
being; beingness; existence; face of the earth (the state or fact of existing)
Attribute:
alive; live (possessing life)
dead (no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "aliveness"):
eternal life; life eternal (life without beginning or end)
skin (a person's skin regarded as their life)
endurance; survival (a state of surviving; remaining alive)
Derivation:
alive (mentally perceptive and responsive)
alive (in operation)
alive ((followed by 'to' or 'of') aware of)
