Inanimate and Lively

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Inanimate adjective - Lacking animate awareness or sensation.

Usage example: “pathetic fallacy” is the literary term for the ascription of human feelings or motives to inanimate natural elements

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Lively is an antonym for inanimate in lifeless topic.

Nearby Word: inanimation

Lively adjective - Having much high-spirited energy and movement.

Usage example: the lively puppy was racing around the dining room floor chasing after people's shoelaces

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Inanimate is an antonym for lively.

Nearby Words: liveliness, liven

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