Aliveness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  aliveness \aliveness\ n.
     1. the condition of living or the state of being alive.
  
     Syn: animation, life, living
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. having animal life as distinguished from plant life. full
        of life
  
     Syn: animateness, liveness
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aliveness
       n 1: the condition of living or the state of being alive; "while
            there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many
            chemical and physical processes" [syn: {animation}, {life},
             {living}]
       2: having animal life as distinguished from plant life; "full
          of life" [syn: {animateness}, {liveness}] [ant: {inanimateness}]