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Inanimateness

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in·an·i·mate  (n-n-mt)
adj.
1. Not having the qualities associated with active, living organisms. See Synonyms at dead.
2. Not animated or energetic; dull.
3. Grammar Belonging to the class of nouns that stand for nonliving things: The word car is inanimate; the word dog is animate.
in·ani·mate·ly adv.
in·ani·mate·ness n.
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Noun1.inanimateness - not having life
lifelessness
physiological property - a property having to do with the functioning of the body
deadness - the inanimate property of something that has died
insentience - lacking consciousness or ability to perceive sensations
animateness, liveness, aliveness - the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
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animation always has something of the inanimate about it, that it is a certain inanimateness that both allows and disallows animation.
Still photography? by Cholodenko, Alan / Afterimage
In her fashion photography, Van Lamsweerde directs her models back and forth between Cosmo-cover and Helmut Newton pastiches and the neutered inanimateness of low-glamour clothing catalogues.
Inez van Lamsweerde by Schorr, Collier / Artforum International
What this means is that animation always has something of the inanimate about it, that it is a certain inanimateness that both allows and disallows animation; but this inanimateness could not be absolutely inanimate.
The Illusion of The Beginning: A Theory of Drawing and Animation by CHOLODENKO, ALAN / Afterimage
 
 
 
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