1. plural of animateness; the quality or state of being animate, alive, or lively
Usage: formal; rare in everyday usage; more common in academic or philosophical contexts

Examples

• The animatenesses of the various creatures in the forest varied greatly.
• Philosophers debated the different degrees of animatenesses across species.
• The painting captured the animatenesses of the dancers in motion.
• She appreciated the animatenesses that distinguished living things from objects.
• The study examined animatenesses as a spectrum rather than a binary property.