subsistence
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.
Origin of subsistence
1Other words 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, noun
Words that may be confused with subsistence
- subsidence, subsistence
Words Nearby subsistence
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How to use subsistence in a sentence
Last year, she received a Fulbright US Scholar Award to return to subsistence fishing villages outside the Brazilian city of Recife where she had organized a US-Brazil student project in the summer of 1965.
They were just subsistence farmers and they wanted to be left alone.
When Your Safety Becomes My Danger (Ep. 432) | Stephen J. Dubner | September 24, 2020 | FreakonomicsIt is natural that rural Guatemalans or subsistence farmers in Kenya, facing drought or scorching heat, would seek out someplace more stable and resilient.
Climate Change Will Force a New American Migration | by Abrahm Lustgarten, photography by Meridith Kohut | September 15, 2020 | ProPublicaIncome allows us in one period of time be able to pay our bills, be able to have subsistence in our life.
Should America (and FIFA) Pay Reparations? (Ep. 426) | Stephen J. Dubner | July 16, 2020 | FreakonomicsFor farmers who are mainly focused on subsistence farming, the upside includes optimizing underutilized vast pieces of land, earning extra income and getting access to market through Komaza’s wood processing and sales operations.
An Africa-focused “micro-forestry” startup has raised $28 million to plant a billion trees | Yomi Kazeem | July 14, 2020 | Quartz
These are young fathers, rural farmers, usually growing banana or coffee or subsistence crops.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTCommittee on Natural Resources draft bill discussion—“The Alaska Native subsistence Co-Management Demonstration Act of 2014”
Up to a Point: The U.S. Government’s Minimum Wage Is $430 Million Per Hour | P. J. O’Rourke | March 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe absence of a minimum wage law results in many workers earning below subsistence levels.
Hunter-gatherers and subsistence farmers work hard to obtain every calorie they eat.
Is Your Chair Killing You? The Consequences of Comfort | Daniel E. Lieberman | October 14, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTMoreover, the settlements rely for their subsistence on profligate funding and services provided by the state of Israel.
Partition Skepticism and the Future of the Peace Process | Avner Inbar, Assaf Sharon | September 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was difficult, with the mean appliances of the time, to wring subsistence from the reluctant earth.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockIt has no connection as yet with the question of the total available means of subsistence.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe citizens, on a short notice of 20 days, were deprived of the means of gaining a subsistence.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellAccording to Moro custom the fruit of a manʼs labour belongs to the Datto who gives the man a subsistence.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThus he could readily obtain the means of subsistence by aid of the arts and weapons employed by him in the tropical forests.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles Morris
British Dictionary definitions for subsistence
/ (səbˈsɪstəns) /
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
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