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- ▪ the competition between organisms, especially as an element in natural selection, or between people seeking a livelihood
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The concept of the struggle for existence (or struggle for life) concerns the competition or battle for resources needed to live. It can refer to human society, or to organisms in nature. The concept is ancient, and the term struggle for existence was in use by the end of the 18th century. Wikipedia