animacy
English
Etymology
animate + -cy
Noun
animacy (usually uncountable, plural animacies)
- (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.).
Antonyms
- inanimacy
Related terms
- animate
- inanimate
Translations
quality of being animate
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Anagrams
- Mayniac