survivorship noun. [sǝ'vʌɪvǝʃɪp] E17.
[from SURVIVOR + -SHIP.]
1. Law. A right depending on survival; spec. the right of the survivor of people with a joint interest to take the whole on the death of the others; the right of future succession, in the event of survival, to a position not yet vacant. E17.
■ M. W. Freer He offered the government of Burgundy, with the survivorship for his son.

2. The state or condition of being a survivor; survival. L17.
■ G. Grote The Epikureans denied..the survivorship of soul over body.

3. The probability of surviving to a given age; the proportion of a population that does this. M20.
Nature Estimated costs of producing inbred young, expressed as a proportionate decrease in survivorship.

Comb.:
survivorship curve: showing the proportion of a population surviving at different ages.

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