subsistence
noun
the state or fact of subsisting.
self-subsistence
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a word derived from
subsistence.
Example Sentences
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Quilombos were formed over centuries by enslaved people who escaped forced labor to create isolated, self-subsistence communities in remote forests and mountain ranges or on islands like Ilha de Mare.
From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2022
Among them are the Siberian dogs, remarkable for the instinct with which they return to their masters, after weeks of absence and self-subsistence, to drag their sleighs.
From Anecdotes of the Habits and Instinct of Animals by Harrison Weir
Such a nature will never become absolutely certain of the meaning and value of all that has led up to this until the One obtains a self-subsistence.
From An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy by W. Tudor (William Tudor) Jones
"Substance" can be applied to God in the sense of signifying self-subsistence.
From Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Saint Thomas Aquinas
Abstractedly from, and independently of, all sensible substances, and the bodies, wills, faculties, and affections of men, has the Devil, or would the Devil have, a personal self-subsistence?
From Coleridge's Literary Remains, Volume 4. by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
