INANIMATENESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)