animateness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *animateness*:
NOUN	attribute	animateness, aliveness, liveness	the property of being animated

English > *animateness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life.
Synonyms	aliveness, liveness
Attributes	animate	endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
Attributes	inanimate, nonliving, non-living	not endowed with life
Narrower	animation, vitality	The property of being able to survive and grow
Narrower	sentience	The readiness to perceive sensations
Broader	physiological property	A property having to do with the functioning of the body
Opposite	inanimateness, lifelessness	not having life
Spanish	vitalidad
Catalan	vitalitat
Adjectives	animate	endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life
Adjectives	animate	endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness

HyperDic: animateness