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INANIMATENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not having life
Synonyms:
inanimateness; lifelessness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("inanimateness" is a kind of...):
physiological property (a property having to do with the functioning of the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inanimateness"):
deadness (the inanimate property of something that has died)
insentience (lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations)
Antonym:
animateness (the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life)
Derivation:
inanimate (appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse)
inanimate (not endowed with life)
