Thread: Animate neuter nouns?

Originally Posted by RedFox

животное
насекомое
земноводное
млекопитающее
пресмыкающееся
существо ("живой организм")
лицо (одушевлённое только в значении "человек")
дитя/дети
чудище
чудовище
страшилище
детище
человечище

Apart from the above-mentioned nouns, which are singular countables, there are also examples of collective neuter nouns relating to people, such as: начальство, человечество, студенчество, etc - though, there aren't so many of them, I think.

Originally Posted by nsdfrv

Apart from the above-mentioned nouns, which are singular countables, there are also examples of collective neuter nouns relating to people, such as: начальство, человечество, студенчество, etc - though, there aren't so many of them, I think.

They cannot be considered as grammatically animate.