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struggle for existence

noun

  1. the competition in nature among organisms of a population to maintain themselves in a given environment and to survive to reproduce others of their kind.

struggle for existence

noun

  1. See natural selection
    not in technical usage competition between organisms of a population, esp as a factor in the evolution of plants and animals See also natural selection

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Origin of struggle for existence1

First recorded in 1820–30

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