Word of the Day: SUBSIST

To survive or sustain

subsist (verb) - to live or survive, often at a minimum level; to remain or continue in existence; to be sustained [suhb-sist]

BREAKDOWN: SUB- (from below) + SIST- (to cause to stand)

• subsistence is the act or state of maintaining minimum requirements for survival; existence, continuation, or sustenance

• subsistent means real or existing; inherent

See also: existential

“Class war is not the cause of social progress; it is a disease developed in the course of social progress. The cause of the disease is the inability to subsist, and the result of the disease is war.” —Sun Yat-sen