Definition of "inanimation" [in•an•i•ma•tion]

• Want of animation; lifeless; dullness. (noun)
• Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration. (noun)

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• "Yes, the tale is a fantasy and the objects return to inanimation after Tony awakens and finds inspiration in their work (suggesting that perhaps he dreamed what they wrote)."
• "It seems to have been in the winter of 1876, after an unprecedented period of inanimation, that he started a new comedy, The Pillars of"
• "Towards evening I sink into a state of lethargy and inanimation, and often remain for hours on the sofa between sleep and waking, a prey to the most painful irritability of thought."