The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.
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Subsistence
//səbˈsɪstəns//
Synonyms for "subsistence" (106 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
21 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كَفَاف noun (means of support)
Bulgarian
1 entries- препитание noun (means of support)
Catalan
1 entries- subsistència noun (means of support)
Czech
1 entries- obživa noun (means of support)
German
2 entries- Auskommen noun (means of support)
- Lebensunterhalt noun (means of support)
Hindi
2 entries- आजीविका noun (means of support)
- जीविका noun (means of support)
Interlingua
1 entries- subsistentia noun (means of support)
Irish
1 entries- cothabháil noun (means of support)
Portuguese
1 entries- subsistência noun (means of support)
Romanian
2 entries- mijloace de trai noun (means of support)
- subzistență noun (means of support)
Russian
3 entries- прожи́тие noun (means of support)
- прожи́ток noun (means of support)
- пропита́ние noun (means of support)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- izdržavanje noun (means of support)
- издржавање noun (means of support)
Spanish
1 entries- subsistencia noun (means of support)
Swedish
1 entries- underhåll noun (means of support)
Turkish
1 entries- azık noun (means of support)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
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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Subsistence farming is the dominant form of livelihood.
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