WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
sub•sist•ent
(səb sis′tənt),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
- subsisting, existing, or continuing in existence.
- inherent:subsistent qualities of character.
n.
- Philosophysomething that exists necessarily as opposed to contingent existence in space and time.
- Latin subsistent- (stem of subsistēns), present participle of subsistere to remain; see subsist, -ent
- 1520–30
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