animāˈtion noun

1. The act of animating
2. The state of being alive
3. Liveliness
4. Vigour
5. The creation of the illusion of movement, esp in an animated cartoon
6. The technique or craft of this
7. The creation of moving images on a screen (computing)

anˈimatism noun

The primitive attribution of life to natural phenomena and natural objects, but not (as in animism) belief that spirits reside in them

anˈimātor noun (also, chiefly US, anˈimāter)

1. A person who enlivens or animates something
2. An artist who makes drawings for animated cartoons, films, etc

animatronˈic adjective

Of or like something animated by animatronics

animatronˈics singular noun

The art of animating a lifelike figure of a person, animal, etc on a computer screen

animated cartoon noun

A motion picture produced from drawings, each successive drawing showing a very slight change of position so that a series of them gives the effect of an actual movement