Meaning of self-preservation | Babel Free
ˌsɛlfˌpɹɛzɜˈɹ.veɪ.ʃənEquivalents
Čeština
sebezáchova
Ελληνικά
αυτοσυντήρηση
Français
autoconservation
Gaeilge
féinchaomhnú
Italiano
autoconservazione
日本語
自己保存
Lietuvių
savisauga
Nederlands
zelfbehoud
Русский
самосохранение
Українська
самозбереження
Examples
“I'm here to tell⟳ you want⟳ to do. And if self-preservation is an instinct you possess⟳, you better fuckin' do it and do it quick.”
“Yet had the whole train⟳ and all its bombs gone, had the engine crew merely jumped from the train⟳ and run⟳ as simple self-preservation would have⟳ suggested, or unhitched just the engine to make⟳ their escape⟳ faster, the whole town would have⟳ gone and most of the people with it, leaving just a smoking wasteland. Hundreds would have⟳ died.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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