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1. (n.) subsistence
the state or fact of subsisting or existing.
2. subsistence
the providing of sustenance or support.
3. subsistence
means of supporting life; a living or livelihood.
4. subsistence
the source from which food and other items necessary to exist are obtained.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < LL subsistentia; see subsist , -ence)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) subsistence
minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
"social security provided only a bare subsistence"
2. (noun) subsistence
a means of surviving
"farming is a hard means of subsistence"
3. (noun) subsistence
the state of existing in reality; having substance
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) subsistence
real being; existence
2. (noun) subsistence
inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies
3. (noun) subsistence
that which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence
4. (noun) subsistence
same as Hypostasis, 2
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