subsistence
1. condition of managing to stay alive: the condition of being or managing to stay alive, especially when there is barely enough food or money for survival
2. continuing to exist: the condition of continuing to exist
3. mathematics philosophy quality of abstract existence: the quality that something possesses of existing independently, timelessly, or by virtue of its essence
2. continuing to exist: the condition of continuing to exist
3. mathematics philosophy quality of abstract existence: the quality that something possesses of existing independently, timelessly, or by virtue of its essence