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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesconservation de soi
Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɔ̃sɛʁvasjɔ̃ də swa
"Dans cette situation critique, c'était un réflexe de conservation de soi."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The protection of oneself from harm, injury, or destruction, often instinctively or selfishly.
"Faced with the company's collapse, his actions were purely a matter of self-preservation and saving his own neck." - 2
The instinct or drive to maintain one's own life or welfare in perilous circumstances.
"A deep sense of self-preservation kicked in as soon as the emergency alarm sounded."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the combination of the English prefix 'self-' (from Old English) and the noun 'preservation' (from Old French 'preservacion', ultimately from Late Latin 'praeservare'). The phrase 'save one's own neck' emerged in the 17th century, using 'neck' as a synecdoche for the whole body facing capital punishment or severe danger.
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conservation de soi
Transliteration: kɔ̃sɛʁvasjɔ̃ də swa
"Dans cette situation critique, c'était un réflexe de conservation de soi."
Selbsterhaltung
Transliteration: zɛlpst.ɛɐ̯ˌhaltʊŋ
"Aus purem Instinkt der Selbsterhaltung versuchte er, seine eigene Haut zu retten."
autoconservazione
Transliteration: /au.to.kon.ser.vaˈt͡sjo.ne/
"Il suo comportamento è stato dettato da un puro istinto di autoconservazione."
autoconservación
Transliteration: /aw.to.kon.ser.βaˈsjon/
"Trató de salvar su propio pellejo por un instinto básico de autoconservación."
autopeças
Transliteration: /aw.to.kõ.seʁ.vaˈsãw/
Script: autoconservação
"Ele agiu movido por um forte instinto de autoconservação."
आत्मरक्षा
Transliteration: ātmarakṣā
"संकट के समय अपनी जान बचाना स्वाभाविक आत्मरक्षा है।"
自我保护
Transliteration: zìwǒ bǎohù
"在危机时刻，自保成了他唯一的本能。"
자기보존
Transliteration: jagi-bojon
"위기 상황에서 그것은 철저한 자기보존의 행동이었다."
自己保存
Transliteration: jiko hozon
"窮地に陥った彼は、自己保存本能に従って行動した。"
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