subsistence

CEFRC1

/səbˈsɪstəns/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The condition of having just enough food or money to live.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.

Examples

  • Subsistence farming is the dominant form of livelihood.

  • The subsistence farmer grew so little that there was no room for leftovers.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Real being; existence.

  2. Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.

  3. Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.

More examples

In context

  • the subsistence of qualities in bodies

  • In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

  • the human nature loseth its proper subsistence , and is assumed into the subsistence of the divine nature

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.