lifestyle
or life style, life-style
the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.
pertaining to or catering to a certain lifestyle: unhealthy lifestyle choices; lifestyle advertising; a luxury lifestyle hotel.
(of a drug) used to treat a medical condition that is not life-threatening or painful: lifestyle drugs for baldness.
Origin of lifestyle
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How to use lifestyle in a sentence
Although the doctor was “competent” there were concerns because “she has a varied life style outside of her medical profession.”
Thong Models, Racist Rants, and Other Salacious Bits from Scott Walker’s Secret Email Trove | Ben Jacobs | February 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUltimately life style, affordability and preference seem to trump social views when people decide where they would like to live.
The Triumph of Suburbia: Despite Downtown Hype, Americans Choose Sprawl | Joel Kotkin | April 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe life-style and aspirations of the intelligentsia are those of an industrial middle class.
Area Handbook for Romania | Eugene K. Keefe, Donald W. Bernier, Lyle E. Brenneman, William Giloane, James M. Moore, and Neda A. WalpoleEach class had a separate existence as well as a different life style from the other classes.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. | S. A. ReillyThe original Spartan life-style of the sultans and army officers was becoming one of luxury and indulgence.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria | Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
British Dictionary definitions for lifestyle
/ (ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl) /
a set of attitudes, habits, or possessions associated with a particular person or group
such attitudes, etc, regarded as fashionable or desirable
NZ
a luxurious semirural manner of living
(as modifier): a lifestyle property
suggestive of a fashionable or desirable lifestyle: a lifestyle café
(of a drug) designed to treat problems, such as impotence or excess weight, which affect a person's quality of life rather than his or her health
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