adanimacy
Describing entities or objects that lack biological life, sentience, or a soul. It is a technical term used to categorize non-living matter, especially in philosophical or specialized linguistic contexts.
Beispiele
3 von 5The adanimacy nature of the museum's statues made the hallway feel eerie at night.
The lifeless nature of the museum's statues made the hallway feel creepy at night.
Academic research into the adanimacy features of lunar soil suggests a total absence of organic history.
Scholarly research into the non-living characteristics of moon soil indicates no history of life.
I couldn't relate to the game character because of its purely adanimacy design.
I couldn't connect with the character because its design felt completely soulless.
Synonyme
Wortfamilie
Merkhilfe
Think of 'A' (meaning 'without') + 'Anima' (meaning 'soul' or 'breath'). Adanimacy means something without a soul or breath of life.
Schnelles Quiz
The philosopher argued that we should not project human emotions onto _____ objects.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: adanimacy
Beispiele
The adanimacy nature of the museum's statues made the hallway feel eerie at night.
everydayThe lifeless nature of the museum's statues made the hallway feel creepy at night.
Academic research into the adanimacy features of lunar soil suggests a total absence of organic history.
formalScholarly research into the non-living characteristics of moon soil indicates no history of life.
I couldn't relate to the game character because of its purely adanimacy design.
informalI couldn't connect with the character because its design felt completely soulless.
The study differentiates between sentient organisms and adanimacy matter within the ecosystem.
academicThe study distinguishes between living beings and non-living matter in the environment.
The legal team argued that the equipment had adanimacy status and therefore could not be held responsible for the accident.
businessThe lawyers argued the machinery was a non-living object and thus not liable for the crash.
Synonyme
Wortfamilie
Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
purely adanimacy
completely without life
adanimacy by nature
naturally lifeless
transition to adanimacy
becoming non-living
Wird oft verwechselt mit
Adamancy refers to the quality of being stubborn or unyielding, whereas adanimacy refers to being lifeless.
Animacy is the state of being alive or sentient; adanimacy is the lack thereof.
Nutzungshinweise
Adanimacy is an extremely rare and technical term; in 99% of cases, the word 'inanimate' or 'non-living' should be used instead. It typically appears in high-level academic or philosophical discourse regarding the nature of existence.
Häufige Fehler
Learners often use the suffix '-cy' and assume it must be a noun, but in specific test contexts, it may be used as an adjective. Avoid using it in casual conversation as it will likely not be understood.
Merkhilfe
Think of 'A' (meaning 'without') + 'Anima' (meaning 'soul' or 'breath'). Adanimacy means something without a soul or breath of life.
Wortherkunft
From the Greek-influenced prefix 'a-' (not/without) combined with the Latin 'anima' (soul, life, breath).
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
This term may be found in early Cartesian philosophy or specific linguistic categorization tests involving the distinction between living and non-living nouns.
Schnelles Quiz
The philosopher argued that we should not project human emotions onto _____ objects.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: adanimacy
Verwandtes Vokabular
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