animacy

== English == === Etymology === From animate + -cy. === Noun === animacy (usually uncountable, plural animacies) The state of being animate (alive or supernaturally seeming alive). Synonyms: animateness, animation Antonym: inanimacy (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.). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Mayniac