inanimate
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It’s a projection onto the inanimate world of animism.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026
Juliette Lewis will spend the majority of the film’s runtime inanimate; a chic vegetable that her friends draw lipstick on and talk to, as if she were as normal and responsive as any other day.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
“We’re just building the world, so you need some rules, otherwise all the inanimate objects can start talking,” Plaza says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Stella's Gingerbread house plushie is an "Amuseable", a line of toys with tiny faces modelled on inanimate objects from toilet rolls to boiled eggs.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
Apparently, the thinking goes, inanimate things aren’t as possessive as living ones.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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