Liveness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The quality of being alive; energetic; alert.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The quality of having animal life as distinguished from plant life.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The property of being
alive
.
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noun.
the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
Word Usage
"Coined by the BBC in 1934, "liveness" became a nifty discursive distinction when an ontological one didn't really exist."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
physiological property
Hyponym
Words that are more specific
animation
sentience
vitality
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
aliveness
animateness