self-preservation
Equivalents
11 more languages
Češtinasebezáchova
Ελληνικάαυτοσυντήρηση
Gaeilgeféinchaomhnú
日本語自己保存
Lietuviųsavisauga
Nederlandszelfbehoud
Русскийсамосохранение
Українськасамозбереження
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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