English Explanatory Dictionary

animacy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state of being alive.
  2. 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.).

Word forms

animacy animacies

Etymology

From animate + -cy.

Antonyms

inanimacy

Related words

animate inanimate
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