Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A way of life or living of a person or group.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group
  • noun marketing the totality of the likes and dislikes of a particular section of the market, especially when expressed in terms of the products and services that they would buy; a marketing strategy based on the self-image of such a group

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes

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Examples

  • The term "lifestyle disorder" had to be invented to describe hypertension.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Deepak Chopra 2011

  • To determine if a certain lifestyle is good or bad would require some kind of shared moral standard.

    Confining Beliefs to Defined Domains 2009

  • To agree whether a certain lifestyle is good or bad would require some kind of shared moral standard.

    Confining Beliefs to Defined Domains 2009

  • It states differences in lifestyle is not significantly worse, except for Population crowding.

    Cost-of-Living Arbitrage, II, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • But the economic and political environment that structures and constrains those choices — and tends to favor centralized, regimented, official forms of employment not only through cultural prejudice but also through government-enforced subsidy and monopoly — deserves much more critical scrutiny than the term lifestyle conveys.

    Notes on the Cultural History of Sleep 2007

  • But the economic and political environment that structures and constrains those choices — and tends to favor centralized, regimented, official forms of employment not only through cultural prejudice but also through government-enforced subsidy and monopoly — deserves much more critical scrutiny than the term lifestyle conveys.

    Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2007 – December – 05 2007

  • 9. Although the term lifestyle center is said to have been coined by a Memphis-based developer, Poag & McEwen, in the late 1980s, lifestyle centers did not become popular until the following decade.

    Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

  • 9. Although the term lifestyle center is said to have been coined by a Memphis-based developer, Poag & McEwen, in the late 1980s, lifestyle centers did not become popular until the following decade.

    Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

  • 9. Although the term lifestyle center is said to have been coined by a Memphis-based developer, Poag & McEwen, in the late 1980s, lifestyle centers did not become popular until the following decade.

    Makeshift Metropolis Witold Rybczynski 2010

  • It's interesting that on the show you used the word "lifestyle" to describe being gay.

    Platinum Hit's Scotty Granger on Being Gay, Choosing Happiness 2011

  • Alfred Adler was credited with the first use of lifestyle in 1929. Although the term was used by Max Weber in 1922, his writings would not be published in English until after Adler’s.

    What Is Lifestyle? Daisy Alioto 2023

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