aliveness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aliveness
    n 1: 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" [syn: {animation}, {life},
         {living}, {aliveness}]
    2: the property of being animated; having animal life as
       distinguished from plant life [syn: {animateness},
       {aliveness}, {liveness}] [ant: {inanimateness},
       {lifelessness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

aliveness \aliveness\ n.
   1. the condition of living or the state of being alive.

   Syn: animation, life, living
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. having animal life as distinguished from plant life. full
      of life

   Syn: animateness, liveness
        [WordNet 1.5]