Meaning of SURVIVAL
| Pronunciation: | | sur'vIvul
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- [n] a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
- [n] a state of surviving; remaining alive
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| | Synonyms: | | endurance, natural selection, selection, survival of the fittest |
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| | See Also: | | action, activity, aliveness, animation, life, living, natural action, natural process, subsistence | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sur*viv"al\, n. [From {Survive}.]
1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the
existence of, another person, thing, or event; an
outliving.
2. (Arh[ae]ol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief,
remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often
unknown, or imperfectly known.
The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the
study of manners and customs. --Tylor.
{Survival of the fittest}. (Biol.) See {Natural selection},
under {Natural}.
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