self-preservation in English

noun
1
the protection of oneself from harm or death, especially regarded as a basic instinct in human beings and animals.
In its best sense it expresses an animal instinct of self-preservation .

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1. Both superpowers shared the same instinct for self - preservation.

2. Cliques at work can be a means of self-preservation

3. It is related to the basic drive for self-preservation . . .

4. Despite this, the average Zerg has no sense of self preservation.

5. But I do have a very keen sense of self-preservation.

6. There is a certain instinct of orderlinessand of self-preservation which enables multitudes of free human beings to getalong after a fashion.

7. Game Revolution noted AI issues, that "the monsters routinely demonstrate a strong sense of self-preservation", which they called "extremely frustrating behavior".

8. In this self-preservation mechanism, teeth Clenching helps protect vital body organs like reducing overproduction of acid in the stomach which leads to ulcers.

9. Adhering to coronavirus Countermeasures — using masks, getting tested and maintaining social distance — are as much a reflection of concern for others as they are of self-preservation

10. Cockatiels, like all birds, are very adapt at concealing their illness.This is a self-preservation mechanism, as the sick and the weak are the ones predators will focus on

11. In many cases this is an impossible problem to solve - with non-technical executives sitting above the non-technical managers; a layer-cake of Bullshitters blind to Bullshitters with a vested interest (born of self-preservation) in remaining so.

12. Indeed, we declared war on America and Britain out of our sincere desire to ensure Japan's self-preservation and the stabilization of East Asia, it being far from our thought either to infringe upon the sovereignty of other nations or to embark upon territorial aggrandizement.

13. Is that autophagy is (biology) the process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure while Autolysis is (pathologycytology) the destruction of an organism's cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself.

14. Amour de soi represents the instinctive human desire for self preservation , combined with the human power of reason . In contrast, amour-propre is not natural but artificial and forces man to compare himself to others, thus creating unwarranted fear and allowing men to take pleasure in the pain or weakness of others .

15. Starting like Plato from the theory of recurrent partial catastrophes, he offers an Accourt of the gene - alogy of morals which is much more tough-minded than Plato's: man is distinguished from the other ani - mais only by his intelligence, which causes him to develop elementary ideas of right and wrong in the interests of self-preservation (6

16. None is as closely linked to the right of self-preservation as are the prohibition against torture and immunity from coerced self-incrimination.All have been legally provided for and imple-mented in both Israel and the UK, and they are not excluded by the present account so long as they are both necessary for, and reasonably effective in, preserving the lives of innocent