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BASIC NEED [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

A need which is vital to the organism and from which all other needs may be derived.

CONT

... imagine yourself, in ten or thirty or fifty years, forced by age and incapacity, to depend on the care of others for virtually all your basic needs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
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Record 2 2001-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
Key term(s)
  • basic need

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
Key term(s)
  • besoin fondamental

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
Key term(s)
  • necesidad básica
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