animacy
The English word “animacy” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- The state of being animate (alive or supernaturally seeming alive).
- 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.).
Etymology
From animate + -cy.
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