Jain texts claims that the universe consists of jiva (life force or souls) and ajiva (lifeless objects).

I'm his treasure, his possession--and what concern are the feelings of a lifeless object to its owner?

Why," Cordelia answered proudly, "by their moving lifeless objects!

When a lifeless object begins to act as if it had life, there is always the possibility of illusion.

"I have removed the transmitter," he told them, displaying the charred and lifeless object.

No reason, just a lifeless object that could neither give nor receive messages; his link with civilisation was broken.

Animism is when an individual gives a lifeless object human like qualities.

These lifeless objects could then be resuscitated at home.

The characters of a fable may be people, gods, animals or even lifeless objects.

It is the presentation or 're-actualization' of symbolic systems through living bodies as well as lifeless mediating objects, such as architecture.