noun
subsistence
Subsistence (noun) means Real being; existence.
noun
1
Real being; existence.
2
The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.
3
Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
4
Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.
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Etymology
From Middle English subsistence; partly from Middle French subsistence (modern French subsistance) and partly from its etymon Late Latin subsistentia (“substance, reality, in Medieval Latin also stability”), from Latin subsistēns, present participle of subsistere (“to continue, subsist”). Perhaps also partly from subsist + -ence.
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What is the meaning of subsistence?
"subsistence" (noun) means real being; existence.
What are the different meanings of subsistence?
"subsistence" has 3 main meanings: 1. Real being; existence; 2. The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level; 3. Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.