lifelessness

lifelessness
noun
1. a state of no motion or movement
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the utter motionlessness of a marble statue

Syn: ↑motionlessness, ↑stillness
Ant: ↑motion (for: ↑motionlessness)
Derivationally related forms: ↑lifeless, ↑still (for: ↑stillness), ↑motionless (for: ↑motionlessness)
Hypernyms: ↑state
Hyponyms: ↑stationariness, ↑immobility, ↑fixedness
2. not having life
Syn: ↑inanimateness
Ant: ↑animateness (for: ↑inanimateness)
Derivationally related forms: ↑lifeless, ↑inanimate (for: ↑inanimateness)
Hypernyms: ↑physiological property
Hyponyms: ↑deadness, ↑insentience

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