Origin: Latin suffix -ence
Subsistence has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting
"social security provided only a bare subsistence"
the state of existing in reality; having substance
"The author's argument lacked any subsistence and collapsed under scrutiny because it was built on hollow abstractions."
Real being; existence.
"The philosopher argued that the concept of subsistence does not require a physical body, yet it is undeniable that our minds possess a real being."