Survivance

//sɚˈvaɪvəns// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Survival. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "And what is the space of time to look backward upon, between an early departure and the longest survivance?"

  2. 2
    Survival as a Native American or First Nations person practicing indigenous culture and resisting white European-American hegemony. countable, uncountable

    "One cannot appreciate and experience the power of Native survivance if the stories and memories of our histories are not placed within the context of struggle."

  3. 3
    The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony. Canada, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship. countable, uncountable

    "His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership."

Etymology

From French survivance. In reference to Native Americans, sometimes alternatively interpreted as a blend of survival + resistance.

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