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Webster 1913 Edition

Self-preservation

Selfˊ-presˊer-va′tion

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Noun.

The preservation of one’s self from destruction or injury.

Webster 1828 Edition

Self-preservation

SELF-PRESERVA'TION

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Noun.

[self and preservation.] The preservation of one's self from destruction or injury.

Definition 2024

self-preservation

self-preservation

English

Noun

self-preservation ‎(uncountable)

The instinctive behaviour that protects oneself from harm.

Translations

self-preservation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自我保護, 自我保护 ‎(zìwǒ bǎohù), 自保 (zh) ‎(zìbǎo)
Czech: sebezáchova f
Finnish: itsesuojelu
French: autoconservation (fr) f
German: Selbsterhaltung f

Irish: féinchaomhnú m
Italian: autoconservazione f
Japanese: 自己保存 ‎(しこほぞん, jiko-hozon)
Lithuanian: savisauga f
Russian: самосохране́ние (ru) n ‎(samosoxranénije)
Swedish: självbevarelsedrift c