Usually means: Perception of life in entities.
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  1. animacy: Collins English Dictionary
  2. animacy: Wiktionary
  3. animacy: Dictionary.com
  4. Animacy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (animacy)

noun:  (linguistics) In some languages, the characteristic of a noun, dependent on its living or sentient nature, which affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension, etc.).
noun:  (biology) The state of being alive.

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