Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Inanimateness” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• in-

  not, negative

  Forms: in, im, il, ir

• anim

  animal life, a living creature; living; breath; soul; mind

  Forms: anim

• -ate

  forms adjectives and nouns, denoting a state, office, function, or a quality, characteristic; also forms verbs from nouns and adjectives, to do, to make, to cause -ati: a group or class of people

  Forms: ate

• -ness

  forming an abstract noun that denoting action, quality, or state

  Forms: ness, esse, ice