"animation" in the noun sense

1. animation, life, living, aliveness

the condition of living or the state of being alive

"while there's life there's hope"

"life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

2. animation, vitality

the property of being able to survive and grow

"the vitality of a seed"

3. animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification

quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

4. vivification, invigoration, animation

the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something

5. animation

the making of animated cartoons

6. liveliness, animation

general activity and motion

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