survival

IPA: sɝvˈaɪvʌɫ

The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
(as a modifier) Of, relating to or aiding survival.
(sports) The avoidance of relegation or demotion to a lower league or division.
(anthropology) A custom or belief that persists in folklore from earlier times, when the rationale behind it is forgotten.

Examples of "survival" in Sentences

Brad, I do not “like” the term survival of the fittest.
The term survival expresses a truth, but only a part of the truth.
The use of the term survival in the context of the debate over group rights is common, yet alarming.
Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize as survival of the fittest, richest and whitest - is too callous for most Americans.
Obviously, defenders of group rights who use the term survival to denote cultural continuity tend to give priority to this end over and above individual rights.
It should be clear by now that in the Canadian case, as well as in the debate between Orthodox and Reform Judaism, the term survival refers not to the actual survival of the community or its members but to the survival of the traditional way of life.
While one can only be classed as a "refugee" if one is fleeing persecution and a direct threat to one's life, the term survival migration describes those fleeing "an existential threat to which they have no domestic recourse" due to a combination of state collapse, livelihood failure and environmental disaster.