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animation
A	noun
	1	liveliness, animation
			general activity and motion
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚liveliness, animation
	2	animation
			the making of animated cartoons
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚representation ╚pictorial representation; picturing ╚photography; picture taking ╚filming; cinematography; motion-picture photography ╚animation
	3	vivification, invigoration, animation
			the activity of giving vitality and vigour to something
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚energizing; activating; activation ╚vivification, invigoration, animation
	4	animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification
			quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚trait ╚activeness; activity ╚animation, spiritedness, invigoration, brio, vivification ╚liveliness; life; spirit; sprightliness ╚chirpiness
	5	animation, vitality
			the property of being able to survive and grow; "the vitality of a seed"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚property ╚bodily property ╚physiological property ╚animateness; aliveness; liveness ╚animation, vitality
	6	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"
		Category Tree: state ╚being; beingness; existence ╚animation, life, living, aliveness ╚survival; endurance ╚skin ╚eternal life; life eternal

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