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Word: Animacy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century. From animate: see -acy
Definition:
The quality or condition of being alive or animate; animate existence; an instance of this.
Definition:
The fact or quality of denoting a living thing; classification or ranking of words or their referents on this basis.
