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survival value
noun
- the utility of a behavioral trait or of a physical feature of an organism in aiding the survival and reproduction of the organism.
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Is it that the communication of joy has no survival value for us, while the communication of distress has?
From The Daily Beast
Having once originated, the sexual type of reproduction possessed a definite survival value which assured its continuation.
From Project Gutenberg
Complete telepathic blankness would have a high survival value.
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Things always prove their survival value, that is to say the real things last, while the shams are sooner or later extinguished.
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Survival value indeed, as applied to men in groups, is not a very clear concept.
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There may be several different criteria of survival value, not comparable in any quantitative way among themselves.
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