noun
Meaning 1
Survival.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
survivance
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General-American: /sɚˈvaɪvəns/
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UK: /səˈvaɪvəns/
noun
Meaning 2
Survival as a Native American or First Nations person practicing indigenous culture and resisting white European-American hegemony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From French survivance. In reference to Native Americans, sometimes alternatively interpreted as a blend of survival + resistance.