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self-mainˈtaining, ppl. a.
[self- 1 f.]
That maintains or sustains itself or (oneself); spec. = homœostatic a.
1879[see race-maintaining s.v. race n.2 11]. 1890W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxvi. 582 If this were the entire nervous mechanism, the movement, once begun, would be self-maintaining. 1933Mind XLII. 146 Immortality demands self-maintaining effort and formed character. 1959G. D. Mitchell Sociol. vi. 101 It can thus be seen that witchcraft as a system of beliefs and practices is self-maintaining. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man viii. 115 The whole mass constitutes one single self-maintaining system.
Also self-ˈmaintenance.
1867H. Spencer Princ. Biol. II. vi. ix. 454 Increased cost of self-maintenance entailed decreased power of propagation. 1909W. James Pluralistic Universe iii. 121 The problem of understanding how the complete coherence of all things in the absolute should involve as a necessary moment in its self-maintenance the self-assertion of the finite minds. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 13 June 18 Every man has to know something about cooking as a part of his self-maintenance in the field. 1971J. Z. Young Introd. Study Man xi. 143 Continuous replacement is the absolutely necessary condition of self-maintenance. |