LIFELESSNESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Not having life

Synonyms:

inanimateness; lifelessness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("lifelessness" 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 "lifelessness"):

deadness (the inanimate property of something that has died)

insentience (lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations)

Derivation:

lifeless (deprived of life; no longer living)

lifeless (not having the capacity to support life)

lifeless (lacking animation or excitement or activity)

Meaning:

A state of no motion or movement

Example:

the utter motionlessness of a marble statue

Synonyms:

lifelessness; motionlessness; stillness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("lifelessness" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lifelessness"):

Derivation:

lifeless (lacking animation or excitement or activity)

lifeless (destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings)