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subsistent
[ suhb-sis-tuhnt ]
adjective
- subsisting, existing, or continuing in existence.
- inherent:
subsistent qualities of character.
noun
- Philosophy. something that exists necessarily as opposed to contingent existence in space and time.
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Other Words From
- nonsub·sistent adjective
- presub·sistent adjective
- self-sub·sistent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of subsistent1
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Example Sentences
Without such a self-subsistent life many intellectual achievements are possible, but they do not deserve the name of Knowledge.
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Knowledge is possible only in so far as man participates in a self-subsistent life.
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Dans le train si lent traverser la Camargue je mimagine ces mornes remparts qui depuis sept sicles subsistent intacts.
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In heaven they too become infinite by partaking of the essential nature of God, who is self-subsistent.
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The pure self-subsistent form which never combines with matter.
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