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Definition of Lifelessness
1. Noun. A state of no motion or movement. "The utter motionlessness of a marble statue"
Exact synonyms: Motionlessness, Stillness
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Fixedness, Immobility, Stationariness
Derivative terms: Lifeless, Lifeless, Motionless, Still, Still, Still
Antonyms: Motion
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Fixedness, Immobility, Stationariness
Derivative terms: Lifeless, Lifeless, Motionless, Still, Still, Still
Antonyms: Motion
2. Noun. Not having life.
Exact synonyms: Inanimateness
Generic synonyms: Physiological Property
Specialized synonyms: Deadness, Insentience
Antonyms: Animateness
Derivative terms: Inanimate, Inanimate, Lifeless, Lifeless, Lifeless
Generic synonyms: Physiological Property
Specialized synonyms: Deadness, Insentience
Antonyms: Animateness
Derivative terms: Inanimate, Inanimate, Lifeless, Lifeless, Lifeless
Definition of Lifelessness
1. Noun. The property of being lifeless, the lack of apparent animation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lifelessness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lifelessness
Literary usage of Lifelessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Daily Meditations by George Bowen (1865)
"Or is there an air of languor, of indifference, of lifelessness visible ? Are the
prayer-meetings neglected? Sacrifices discontinued? ..."
2. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1869)
"Those things whose being is in an impassive life, must necessarily remain in
life; just as affection does not belong to lifelessness, as far it is ..."
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