inanimateness

Definitions of inanimateness
  1. noun
    not having life
    synonyms: lifelessness
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    antonyms:
    animateness
    the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
    types:
    deadness
    the inanimate property of something that has died
    insentience
    lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations
    type of:
    physiological property
    a property having to do with the functioning of the body
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