| ANIMACIES | • animacies n. Plural of animacy. • ANIMACY n. the state of being animate. |
| ANIMALIAN | • animalian adj. (Sciences) Of the kingdom Animalia, which includes humans. • animalian adj. (Broadly) Of an animal or animals, usually including humans but sometimes connoting nonhuman nature. • animalian adj. (Loosely, rare) Like that of an animal or animals, usually including humans but sometimes connoting nonhuman nature. |
| ANIMALIER | • animalier n. An artist who depicts animals. • ANIMALIER n. a sculptor or painter of animal subjects. |
| ANIMALISE | • animalise v. Non-Oxford British spelling standard spelling of animalize. • ANIMALISE v. to endow with the properties of an animal; to represent in animal form, also ANIMALIZE. |
| ANIMALISM | • animalism n. The doctrine that humans are merely animals, and lack any spirituality. • animalism n. The enjoyment of physical appetites. • animalism n. (Philosophy, ontology) A theory of personal identity which holds that persons are individual organisms… |
| ANIMALIST | • animalist n. (Philosophy) One who believes in the dominance of man’s animal nature in behavior. • animalist n. A sensualist. • animalist n. (Art) A painter or sculptor whose primary subject is animals. |
| ANIMALITY | • animality n. The nature of an animal. • animality n. The animal kingdom. • animality n. Any characteristic of animality. (Can we add an example for this sense?) |
| ANIMALIZE | • animalize v. To represent in the form of an animal. • animalize v. To brutalize. • animalize v. To convert or produce material rich in animal substance. |
| ANIMATELY | • animately adv. In an animate manner. • ANIMATE adv. living, having animal life. |
| ANIMATERS | • animaters n. Plural of animater. • ANIMATER n. one who, or that which, animates, also ANIMATOR. |
| ANIMATEUR | • animateur n. One who promotes particular activity, especially one of a cultural or artistic nature. • ANIMATEUR n. a person who enlivens or encourages something, especially a promoter of artistic enterprises. |
| ANIMATICS | • animatics n. Plural of animatic. • ANIMATIC n. a section of animation in a TV commercial. |
| ANIMATING | • animating v. Present participle of animate. • ANIMATE v. to give life to. |
| ANIMATION | • animation n. The act of animating, or giving life or spirit. • animation n. (Animation, in the sense of a cartoon) The technique of making inanimate objects or drawings appear… • animation n. The state of being lively, brisk, or full of spirit and vigor; vivacity; spiritedness. |
| ANIMATISM | • animatism n. (Anthropology) The belief that everything is pervaded with a life-force giving each inanimate object… • ANIMATISM n. the primitive attribution of life to natural phenomena. |
| ANIMATIST | • animatist n. (Anthropology) A believer in animatism. • ANIMATIST n. one who believes in animatism, the primitive attribution of life to natural phenomena. |
| ANIMATORS | • animators n. Plural of animator. • ANIMATOR n. one who, or that which, animates, also ANIMATER. |