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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Survival  \Sur*viv"al\,  n.  [From  {Survive}.] 
  1.  A  living  or  continuing  longer  than  or  beyond  the 
  existence  of  another  person,  thing  or  event;  an 
  outliving. 
 
  2.  (Arh[ae]ol.  &  Ethnol.)  Any  habit,  usage,  or  belief, 
  remaining  from  ancient  times,  the  origin  of  which  is  often 
  unknown,  or  imperfectly  known 
 
  The  close  bearing  of  the  doctrine  of  survival  on  the 
  study  of  manners  and  customs.  --Tylor. 
 
  {Survival  of  the  fittest}.  (Biol.)  See  {Natural  selection}, 
  under  {Natural}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  survival 
  n  1:  a  state  of  surviving;  remaining  alive  [syn:  {endurance}] 
  2:  a  natural  process  resulting  in  the  evolution  of  organisms 
  best  adapted  to  the  environment  [syn:  {survival  of  the 
  fittest},  {natural  selection},  {selection}] 




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