subsistence
[ suhb-sis-tuhns ]
/ səbˈsɪs təns /
noun
the state or fact of subsisting.
the state or fact of existing.
the providing of sustenance or support.
means of supporting life; a living or livelihood.
the source from which food and other items necessary to exist are obtained.
Philosophy.
- existence, especially of an independent entity.
- the quality of having timeless or abstract existence.
- mode of existence or that by which a substance is individualized.
SYNONYMS FOR subsistence
OTHER WORDS FROM subsistence
in·ter·sub·sist·ence, noun non·sub·sist·ence, noun pre·sub·sist·ence, noun self-sub·sist·ence, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH subsistence
subsidence subsistenceWords nearby subsistence
Example sentences from the Web for self-subsistence
Faith clings to the self-subsistence of God; love does away with it.
The Essence of Christianity |Ludwig FeuerbachThe only existence of such a reality can be its own self-subsistence.
An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy |W. Tudor JonesHow to make the cares of self-subsistence agree with these exacting labors seems to me an insoluble problem in Paris.
What mystery in its longevity, in its self-subsistence, in its self-renovation!
Demonology and Devil-lore |Moncure Daniel Conway
British Dictionary definitions for self-subsistence
subsistence
/ (səbˈsɪstəns) /
noun
the means by which one maintains life
the act or condition of subsisting
a thing that has real existence
the state of being inherent
philosophy
an inferior mode of being ascribed to the references of general terms which do not in fact exist
See also nonbeing