(now, rare) Survival.
(Canada, in particular) The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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French speakers, collectively; the French-speaking world.
(Canada) French speakers in Canada, collectively (often francophonie).
(Canada, social criticism) The historical and, by some accounts, current dysfunctional relationship between the Anglophone and Francophone groups in Canada, characterized by poor communication and mutual exclusion.
: Joyfully existing as a queer Indigenous person is an act of survivance and reclamation of ancient ways of knowing who we are and how we love.
(in particular) Survival as a Native American or First Nations person practicing indigenous culture and resisting white European-American hegemony.