Question: Is "self preservation" supposed to be hyphenated (as it is standardly written)? Self preservation is two words. Yes. But is it supposed to be written with a hyphen between the words?\n\nThanks for your feedback!

Answer: "Self-preservation" is hyphenated.  If you don't want to hyphenate it, I believe it is better expressed as "preservation of self."
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