Self-surviving

[Tamara]

Hi

I know this word used as a special term, but I’ve actually failed to find it’s 'common' meaning in universal dictionaries.
(And only one of them mentions it, allowing self-surviving be a 'dictionary word' in its own right ).

Could you say, what is the difference (in your understanding) between:

surviving and self-surviving,
survival and self-survival
?
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[Alan]

Hi,

I would suggest the addition of 'self' is that you survive or experience survival without the help of anyone else.

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[Tamara]

Hi Alan

It fits.