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  • 71resistentialism — (ri.zis.TEN.shul.iz.um) n. The belief that inanimate objects have a natural antipathy toward human beings, and therefore it is not people who control things, but things which increasingly control people. resistentialist n., adj. resistential adj …

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  • 72dead — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. deceased, perished, defunct; lifeless, inanimate; obsolete, extinct. See death, nonexistence, insensibility.Ant., alive, living. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without life] Syn. deceased, departed,… …

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  • 73non-living — adjective not endowed with life the inorganic world is inanimate inanimate objects • Syn: ↑inanimate, ↑nonliving • Ant: ↑animate (for: ↑inanimate) …

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  • 74nonliving — adjective not endowed with life the inorganic world is inanimate inanimate objects • Syn: ↑inanimate, ↑non living • Ant: ↑animate (for: ↑inanimate) …

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  • 75in|an´i|mate|ness — in|an|i|mate «ihn AN uh miht», adjective. 1. not alive or animate; lifeless: »Stones are inanimate objects. He then fell, like an inanimate log, to the earth (James Fenimore Cooper). 2. seeming to be lifeless; unconscious: »The lifeguard pulled… …

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  • 76in|an´i|mate|ly — in|an|i|mate «ihn AN uh miht», adjective. 1. not alive or animate; lifeless: »Stones are inanimate objects. He then fell, like an inanimate log, to the earth (James Fenimore Cooper). 2. seeming to be lifeless; unconscious: »The lifeguard pulled… …

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  • 77in|an|i|mate — «ihn AN uh miht», adjective. 1. not alive or animate; lifeless: »Stones are inanimate objects. He then fell, like an inanimate log, to the earth (James Fenimore Cooper). 2. seeming to be lifeless; unconscious: »The lifeguard pulled the inanimate… …

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  • 78Lifeless — Life less, a. Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless… …

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  • 79Lifelessly — Lifeless Life less, a. Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a… …

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  • 80Lifelessness — Lifeless Life less, a. Destitute of life, or deprived of life; not containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a… …

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