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subsistence

sub·sis·tence [ səb sístənss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. condition of managing to stay alive: the condition of being or managing to stay alive, especially when there is barely enough food or money for survival

2. continuing to exist: the condition of continuing to exist

3. mathematics philosophy quality of abstract existence: the quality that something possesses of existing independently, timelessly, or by virtue of its essence

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