Animacy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Animacy is a noun meaning (biology) The state of being alive.
Meaning
(biology) The state of being alive.
More Meanings
- (linguistics) In some languages, the characteristic of a noun, dependent on its living or sentient nature, which affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension, etc.).
Example Sentences
These may differ radically in their linguistic animacy, as briefly discussed above, without this having any consequences for their biological animacy.
Word Forms
- animacies
Antonyms for animacy
Common opposites include inanimacy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inanimacy, animateness, animality, animalness, animatedness, animation.
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