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English grammatical construction
The inanimate whose refers to the use in English of the relative pronoun whose with non-personal antecedents, as in: "That's the car whose alarm keeps
Inanimate_whose
American mathematician, polyglot, and child prodigy (1898–1944)
and the Inanimate, Monday, August 28, 1916". Sidis.net. Retrieved August 23, 2019. Sidis, William James (1925). The Animate and the Inanimate. Boston:
William_James_Sidis
Closed lexical category of the English language
pronoun. Generic antecedents Gender-specific and gender-neutral pronouns Inanimate whose One (pronoun) Who (pronoun) Reverential capitalization Wiktionary table
Personal_pronouns_in_English
Grammatical and/or semantic category of nouns
age. Concepts of animacy constantly vary beyond a simple animate and inanimate binary; many languages function off an hierarchical general animacy scale
Animacy
to whomever you think should have it. whose – The use of whose to refer to non-persons (called inanimate whose) has drawn criticism from those who note
List of English words with disputed usage
List_of_English_words_with_disputed_usage
Insatiable longing for material or immaterial gain; avarice
insatiable desire for material gain (be it food, money, land, or animate/inanimate possessions) or social value, such as status or power sometimes at the
Greed
Short fictional story that anthropomorphises non-humans to illustrate a moral lesson
in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphised, and that illustrates
Fable
Identifiable collection of matter
distinguished from non-living things by the designation of the latter as inanimate objects. Inanimate objects generally lack the capacity or desire to undertake actions
Physical_object
Subfamily of the Algic languages of North America
Algonquian nouns have an animate/inanimate contrast: some nouns are classed as animate, while all other nouns are inanimate. There is ongoing debate over
Algonquian_languages
Linguistic system of noun classification
masculine and feminine; masculine, feminine, and neuter; or animate and inanimate. Depending on the language and the specific word, the assignment of grammatical
Grammatical_gender
Class of religious beliefs
phenomena, including non-human organisms and often even landforms and inanimate objects, may possess distinct spiritual essences, souls, or personhood
Animism
Word that substitutes for a noun or noun phrase
3rd); number (singular, plural); gender (masculine, feminine, neuter or inanimate, epicene) † Rare. English also has other pronoun types, including demonstrative
Pronoun
Event by which a person is forced away from home
headed by the 14th Dalai Lama. Ivan the Terrible once exiled to Siberia an inanimate object: a bell. "When the inhabitants of the town of Uglich rang their
Exile
West Germanic language
possessive has been reserved for inanimate nouns. Today this distinction is less clear, and many speakers use -s also with inanimates. Orthographically the possessive
English_language
2025 film directed by Emma Tammi
impressive animatronic work by Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the sequel was "as inanimate as its predecessor," lacking scares, tension, and narrative cohesion.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (film)
Five_Nights_at_Freddy's_2_(film)
Language spoken by the Lenape people
(animate versus inanimate), obviation (proximate versus obviative), and presence (nonabsentative versus absentative). Generally, the inanimate, obviative,
Unami_language
Perception of meaningful patterns or images in random or vague stimuli
images of animals, faces, or objects in cloud formations; seeing faces in inanimate objects; or lunar pareidolia like the Man in the Moon or the Moon rabbit
Pareidolia
Gender identities outside of the gender binary
based on traditional male or female categories, often drawn from natural, inanimate, or abstract sources, representing a departure from the typical human
Non-binary
Aspect of Czech grammar
ending -us are declined according to the paradigm pán (animate) or hrad (inanimate) as if there were no -us ending in the nominative: Brutus, Bruta, Brutovi
Czech_declension
Language of ancient Sumer and Babylon
"preferred with inanimate and non-agentive subjects" and, at least in early Neo-Sumerian texts, before case prefixes referring to inanimate beings. Woods
Sumerian_language
Penetrative sexual activity for reproduction or sexual pleasure
fellatio, cunnilingus, and penetration of the genitals or rectum by an inanimate object. Until 2012, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) still considered
Sexual_intercourse
Being in Jewish folklore made from clay
anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore that is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud. The most famous golem narrative involves
Golem
Hawaiian personal or family god
vehicles. An ʻaumakua may manifest as a shark, owl, bird, octopus, or inanimate objects such as plants or rocks. The word ʻaumakua means ancestor gods
ʻAumakua
Ancient Indian term
Chandrasuri c. 1114 CE. The 14 jewels are divided into two categories: seven inanimate (one-sensed) objects and seven animate (five-sensed) beings. Chakra-ratna:
Chakravarti_(Sanskrit_term)
Endangered language of Sri Lanka
sounds [c] and [ɟ]. The effect is also heightened by the addition of inanimate suffixes. Morphologically, the Vedda word classes are nouns, verbs and
Vedda_language
2000 film by Robert Zemeckis
soccer ball washed up on shore, providing the inspiration for the film's inanimate companion. When the idea was presented to Tom Hanks, he happily agreed
Cast_Away
Myths centered around physical transformation in Greek mythology
from animal to human, from human to plant, from inanimate object to human, from human to inanimate object (petrifaction), from one sex to another, from
Metamorphoses in Greek mythology
Metamorphoses_in_Greek_mythology
Federal capital district of the United States
Joseph and Benjamin and African American astronomer Benjamin Banneker, whose parents had been enslaved, surveyed the borders of the federal district
Washington,_D.C.
2007 film by Julian Schnabel
Bauby's estranged girlfriend who stayed with him while he lay almost inanimate on a hospital bed, it was his girlfriend of several years. The film received
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)
The_Diving_Bell_and_the_Butterfly_(film)
Pseudonymous American erotic writer
sexual encounters with dinosaurs, imaginary creatures, anthropomorphized inanimate objects, and even abstract concepts. Most of his works are self-published
Chuck_Tingle
Undead creature from fantasy literature
Necromancers" (1932), had used lich as a general term for any corpse, animate or inanimate, before the term's specific use in fantasy role-playing games. The more
Lich
Aspect of French grammar
English distinction between him and her, except that French lacks an inanimate third person pronoun it or a gender neutral they and thus draws this distinction
Personal_pronouns_in_French
Extinct language of the ancient Elamites of Iran
singular animate in-ri, third-person singular inanimate in-ni/in-me. In Achaemenid Elamite, the inanimate form in-ni has been generalized to all persons
Elamite_language
2014 film by John R. Leonetti
Father Perez, who explains that demons sometimes attach themselves to inanimate objects to achieve their goals, and that a human soul must be offered
Annabelle_(film)
Heraldic motif
parts, legendary creatures (or "monsters"), plants and floral designs, inanimate objects, and other devices. The heraldic animals need not exactly resemble
Charge_(heraldry)
Mother of Heracles
children, Iphicles and Laonome. She is best known as the mother of Heracles, whose father was the god Zeus. Alcmene was also referred to as Electryone (Ἠλεκτρυώνη
Alcmene
American sitcom (2017–2024)
series and makes an uncredited voice appearance in this series, voicing an inanimate object. Elon Musk made cameo appearances as himself in both series, appearing
Young_Sheldon
Theorized spiritual power
energies, even inanimate people like rocks. Claude Levi-Strauss argues that orenda is "the conscious expression of a semantic function, whose role is to enable
Orenda
Type of noise produced by Brownian motion
Robert Brown, who documented the erratic motion for multiple types of inanimate particles in water. The term "red noise" comes from the "white noise"/"white
Brownian_noise
Words that imitate the sound they describe
wan-wan for a dog's bark) Giongo (擬音語): mimics sounds in nature made by inanimate objects. (e.g. zā-zā for heavy rainfall) Gitaigo (擬態語): describes states
Onomatopoeia
U.S. state
California's economy expanded due to strong aerospace and defense industries, whose size decreased following the end of the Cold War. Stanford University began
California
Possessive words and phrases in the English language
and relative pronoun who has the possessive whose. In its relative use, whose can also refer to inanimate antecedents, but its interrogative use always
English_possessive
Algonquian language spoken in Canada
it differentiates between animate and inanimate (see Animacy). While no living things are within the "inanimate" class, there are some nonliving things
Swampy_Cree_language
Daughter of Minos in Greek mythology
weaving in mythology).[citation needed] Karl Kerenyi theorized that Ariadne, whose name they thought derived from Hesychius's enumeration of "Άδνον", a Cretan-Greek
Ariadne
Iconic person or object in popular culture
Alice, Buzz Lightyear, and Willy Wonka are regarded as pop icons. Even inanimate objects have been recognized as pop icons. Some figures attain transitory
Pop_icon
Extinct Bronze Age Indo-European language
had a rudimentary noun-class system that was based on an older animate–inanimate opposition. Hittite inflects for nine cases: nominative, vocative, accusative
Hittite_language
Psychological concepts by Sigmund Freud
postulated a death drive, which seeks "to lead organic life back into the inanimate state." For Freud, "the death instinct would thus seem to express itself—though
Id,_ego_and_superego
Ancestor of the Indo-European languages
attested in Anatolian languages: common (or animate) and neuter (or inanimate) gender. The feminine gender only arose in the later period of the language
Proto-Indo-European_language
Creature from Chinese mythology
yao (妖) generally. Guai (怪) means any strange event, object (animate or inanimate) or person ("奇异的事物或人") while guaiwu (怪物) means "strange thing" ("奇异的东西")
Yaoguai
think Larry would let him go. Endora says she could turn Larry into an inanimate object and he would never know Darrin was gone. Endora runs into Larry
List_of_Bewitched_episodes
Japanese manga series
Stratum. Physically, she is an imposing woman, whose gift allows her to infinitely duplicate inanimate objects or multiply her own limbs, but not other
Centuria_(manga)
2013 studio album by Oneohtrix Point Never
a sense of place, a cultural sense of contrast [...] a way of giving inanimate objects a kind of secret life." The cover art is a reproduced still taken
R_Plus_Seven
U.S. state
2397M. doi:10.1029/2002jb001997. ISSN 0148-0227. S2CID 131282494. "Man Whose Leg Was Shattered By Hawaii's Volcano Eruption Speaks Out". May 24, 2018
Hawaii
Erectile female sexual organ
used. Other women stimulate the clitoris by use of a pillow or other inanimate object, by a jet of water from the faucet of a bathtub or shower, or by
Clitoris
possessive form whose can be used as a relative pronoun even when the antecedent is inanimate), while which and what refer to inanimate things (and non-human
Gender_in_English
Alleged German secret society
telepathy and telekinesis and allow them to influence any form of animate or inanimate matter to heal, to resurrect the dead or to destroy. Originally a people
Vril_Society
U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C.
" Former member of the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts Witold Rybczynski, whose critique of the memorial appeared in The New York Times, praised the concept
Dwight_D._Eisenhower_Memorial
Danish writer (1805–1875)
Kenneth Grahame and Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by A. A. Milne. The trope of inanimate objects, such as toys, coming to life (as in "Little Ida's Flowers") would
Hans_Christian_Andersen
Roman deity, god of sleep
Icelos / Phobetor, who appears as beasts, and Phantasos, who appears as inanimate objects. In the Greek tradition, Hypnos (Sleep) was the brother of Thanatos
Somnus
Online collaborative writing project
include: Safe: SCPs tame enough to be trivially contained, such as most inanimate yet paranormal objects. Euclid: SCPs requiring substantial effort to contain
SCP_Foundation
U.S. state
race or ethnicity). Many of these were of English or Scotch-Irish descent, whose families have lived in the state for so long they choose to identify as
Florida
American comedian and actor (1903–1952)
Stake (1941), and Cactus Makes Perfect (1942) display his ability to take inanimate objects (food, tools, pipes, etc.) and turn them into ingenious comic
Curly_Howard
Family of insects
host for feeding, as males and females can readily be attracted by black inanimate objects with a smooth and reflective texture. In observations of wild
Tabanidae
Group of stars on the celestial sphere
or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. The first constellations were likely defined in prehistory. People
Constellation
Range of Indian religious traditions
divine essence or luminosity that gives vitality and animation to the inanimate natural substances. There is a divine in everything, human beings, animals
Hinduism
He ate the Grow-Grow Fruit, which enables him to increase the size of inanimate objects. Biblo's vocal effects are provided by Hiromu Miyazaki in the
List_of_One_Piece_characters
Fictional universe created by Iain M. Banks
with no visible moving parts. Drones get around the limitations of this inanimation with the ability to project "fields": both those capable of physical
The_Culture
Chess-playing automaton hoax (1770–1854)
supernatural power; Karl Gottlieb von Windisch wrote in his 1784 book Inanimate Reason that "[o]ne old lady, in particular, who had not forgotten the
Mechanical_Turk
Indigenous language of South America
association with human objects and "mba’e-" is used in contexts where inanimate as well as non-human subjects are present. In contrast to the passive
Guarani_language
Curse brought by a malevolent glare
evil eye') is an involuntary act. Someone may ojear babies, animals and inanimate objects just by staring and admiring them. This may produce illness, discomfort
Evil_eye
Declensions in the Slovak language
distinguish between animate and inanimate ones. An animate noun is a person (for example father, Peter) and an inanimate noun is any other noun (for example
Slovak_declension
German philosopher (1788–1860)
to animals because that led to treatment of them as though they were inanimate things. To reinforce his points, Schopenhauer referred to anecdotal reports
Arthur_Schopenhauer
Behavior or process that undermines individuality of and in others
understood as the opposite of personification, a figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities; dehumanization
Dehumanization
Supernatural beings from Japanese folklore
in appearance, such as the kuchisake-onna (口裂け女). Some yōkai resemble inanimate objects (such as the tsukumogami), while others have no discernible shape
Yōkai
portray him as loving the doll and interacting with it frequently. Being an inanimate object, "she" does not speak, although Nancy Cartwright voiced the doll
List of Lilo & Stitch characters
List_of_Lilo_&_Stitch_characters
16th-century novel by Wu Cheng'en
qīshíèr biàn), and can transform into anything that exists (animate and inanimate). Notably, however, Sun cannot fight as well underwater, and often the
Journey_to_the_West
Central Semitic language
consistent plural agreement (cf. feminine singular agreement in plural inanimates). Change of a to i in many affixes (e.g., non-past-tense prefixes ti-
Arabic
Figure representing a public identity
Big Al. Team mascots may take the form of a logo, person, live animal, inanimate object, or a costumed character, and often appear at team matches and
Mascot
Concept from Freudian psychoanalytics
aspect of libidinal energy that seeks "to lead organic life back into the inanimate state." For Sigmund Freud, it "express[es] itself— though probably only
Death_drive
Disney's Basic Principles of Animation
move and parts of them take a few frames to catch up. These parts can be inanimate objects like clothing or the antenna on a car, or parts of the body, such
Twelve basic principles of animation
Twelve_basic_principles_of_animation
Metaphysical school of thought
Many take this to mean that object-oriented ontologists see inert or inanimate objects as being equal to humans. Object-oriented ontologists, on the
Object-oriented_ontology
1958 film by Kurt Neumann
called the disintegrator-integrator. He initially tests it only on small, inanimate objects, such as a newspaper, before proceeding to living creatures, including
The_Fly_(1958_film)
Disorder of decreased tolerance to specific sounds
unintelligible whispering). Repetitive or continuous sounds made by inanimate objects (e.g., clock ticking, air conditioner humming, running water)
Misophonia
American rapper and singer (born 1995)
relationships to people to inanimate objects. Her single, "Only Child", for example, was created after dating a man whose behaviour she aligned with that
Tierra_Whack
Ancient philosophy
the Universe, which was the principle of the active reason working in inanimate matter. Humans, too, each possess a portion of the divine logos, which
Stoicism
Fictional character on Arrested Development
"Her?" when asked about her by George Michael, or using various other inanimate objects to refer to her by, such as "Egg". Ann's bland personality and
Ann_Veal
Hypothesis that human replicas elicit revulsion
Retrieved 11 July 2016. Misselhorn, Catrin (8 July 2009). "Empathy with inanimate objects and the uncanny valley". Minds and Machines. 19 (3). Heidelberg
Uncanny_valley
Male adult–adolescent sexual behavior
nature. The Prince is a large statue towering over the city, inherently an inanimate object, while the Sparrow is a tiny bird, always moving “of a family famous
Pederasty
U.S. state
or Champlain. Lake George empties at its north end into Lake Champlain, whose northern end extends into Canada, where it drains into the Richelieu River
New_York_(state)
Singing voice synthesizer software
phenomenon of Hatsune Miku is partly due to the love of Japanese for giving inanimate objects a soul, which is rooted in Shintoism or animism, and in the long
Hatsune_Miku
Ability to initiate and control actions
presuppose the ability to identify agents and differentiate them from inanimate, non-agentive objects. This ability has also been assumed to have a major
Agency_(psychology)
1975 film by John Hough
psychic/psionic abilities: Tony can psychokinetically move and control inanimate objects with the aid of his harmonica, while Tia can communicate telepathically
Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)
Escape_to_Witch_Mountain_(1975_film)
Marvel Comics fictional character
psionically levitate and rapidly move about all manner of animate and inanimate matter. She can use her telekinetic abilities on herself or others to
Jean_Grey
Uto-Aztecan language of Mexico
Classical Nahuatl and some modern dialects distinguish between animate and inanimate nouns. In Classical Nahuatl the animacy distinction manifested with respect
Nahuatl
series. He can commonly be used as a side gag where he is used as an inanimate object by other characters or when they tend to easily take advantage
List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters
List_of_SpongeBob_SquarePants_characters
2023 film by Greta Gerwig
turn imitate humans, feeling that "we're in constant conversation with inanimate objects" while also conveying an affirmative message to the audience to
Barbie_(film)
Branch of science about the natural world and its life forms.
the parts of the elements of fire, air, earth, and water, and in all inanimate things made from them." These sciences also covered plants, animals and
Natural_science
Glasshouse for the 1851 Great Exhibition in London
1): "In more than one country we notice active preparations for sending inanimate representatives of trade and industry to take up their abode in the crystal
The_Crystal_Palace
Regional form of the Hindu deity Mahavishnu
Supreme Being as ever present in everything, pervasive in all animate and inanimate things. Therefore, while the Vedic connection is subject to interpretation
Jagannath
Anti-government upheaval in Nepal
victims killed in front of the parliament building. Victims were seen lying inanimate on the ground, many with serious or fatal wounds to the head and torso
2025_Nepalese_Gen_Z_protests
INANIMATE WHOSE
INANIMATE WHOSE
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Close intimate, friendly
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Modern
Intimate
Boy/Male
African, Arabic, Muslim
Bosom Friend; Intimate Friend
Girl/Female
Muslim
Intimate friend, Companion
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Intimate Friend
Boy/Male
Hindu
Intimate, Close to heart
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Close intimate, friendly
Boy/Male
Indian
Intimate friend, Bosom friend
Boy/Male
Muslim
Intimate friend of Allah
Boy/Male
Muslim
Intimate friend, Bosom friend
Girl/Female
Muslim
Intimate friend, Companion
Girl/Female
Indian
Intimate friend, Companion
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Intimate Friend of Allah
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Intimate friendly
Girl/Female
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Intimate Love
Boy/Male
American, Arabic, Australian
Safe; Intimate Companion
Girl/Female
Muslim
Intimate friend
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Inanimate Victory
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Intimate Friend; Companion
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Inanimate Love
INANIMATE WHOSE
INANIMATE WHOSE
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Sun; Brilliant
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Greek
Weaver; Duck
Male
English
English short form of Celtic Arthur, possibly ART means "bear-man." Compare with another form of Art.
Girl/Female
Indian
Goddess Parvati, Generous with food, Goddess of grains
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu, Traditional
Lotus Flower
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Name of Hindu Goddess
Female
English
Pet form of French Suzanne, SUZETTE means "lily."
Boy/Male
Anglo, Australian, British, English, Greek
Son of Alexander; Defender of Mankind
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Boy/Male
Tamil
Nurturing
INANIMATE WHOSE
INANIMATE WHOSE
INANIMATE WHOSE
INANIMATE WHOSE
INANIMATE WHOSE
n.
The quality or state of being inanimate.
n.
A collection of inanimate objects.
v. t.
To animate anew; to restore to animation or life; to infuse new life, vigor, spirit, or courage into; to revive; to reinvigorate; as, to reanimate a drowned person; to reanimate disheartened troops; to reanimate languid spirits.
n.
An intimate friend or associate; a confidant.
a.
Close in friendship or acquaintance; familiar; confidential; as, an intimate friend.
a.
Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.
a.
Not animate; destitute of life or spirit; lifeless; dead; inactive; dull; as, stones and earth are inanimate substances.
v. t.
To animate.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Intimate
n.
Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Disanimate
n.
Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.
imp. & p. p.
of Disanimate
a.
Unanimous.
v. t.
To give powers to, or to heighten the powers or effect of; as, to animate a lyre.
a.
Destitute of life; lacking animation; unanimated.
superl.
Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate.
imp. & p. p.
of Intimate
a.
Pertaining to the study of inanimate things.
n.
Intimate connection.