/an'euh may"sheuhn/ , n.
1. animated quality; liveliness; vivacity; spirit: to talk with animation.
2. an act or instance of animating or enlivening.
3. the state or condition of being animated.
4. the process of preparing animated cartoons.
[ 1590-1600; 1910-15 for def. 4; ( animation- (s. of animatio a bestowing of life). See ANIMATE, -ION ]
Syn. 1. vigor, energy; enthusiasm, ardor; exhilaration, sprightliness.
Ant. 1. sluggishness.