subsistence

/səbˈsɪstəns/

noun 5

Collocations

ADJ

bare, basic

SUBSISTENCE + NOUN

agriculture, farmer, farming | economy

level

Farmers in the region depend on subsistence level farming to feed their families.

PHRASES

a level of subsistence

Many families in the region struggle to reach a level of subsistence each month.

means of subsistence

Farming was the only means of subsistence for families living in remote mountain villages.

noun

Real being; existence.

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

The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.

Inherency.

the subsistence of qualities in bodies

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

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

His viceroy could only propose to himself a comfortable subsistence out of the plunder of his province.

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

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

Wiktionary

the subsistence of qualities in bodies

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

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The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

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

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Those hippies think they would enjoy subsistence farming, but they have no idea how much work it is.

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