lifestyle

plural lifestyles · alternative life style · alternative life-style

1. A style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.

   Don't leave me stranded here / I can't get used to this lifestyle

   1988, “(Nothing But) Flowers”, in Naked, performed by Talking Heads

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   The Neolithic Revolution (about 8000-3000 B.C.E.) was characterized by people moving from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural lifestyles.

   2004, Monty Armstrong, David Daniel, Abby Kanarek, Cracking the AP World History Exam, 2004-2005, The Princeton Review, page 328

   I ended my aimless-roaming-short-term-odd-jobs lifestyle and joyfully went to work at a local restaurant in Langley Park, Maryland, as a carhop.

   2005, H Reese Scott, Embracing Emily

   As we scroll through the curated lifestyles of the influencers we follow on Instagram or YouTube, it can seem like they have it all together and never had to suffer a day in their lives.

   2023 January 19, Kristen Rogers, Megan Marples and Rachel Fadem, “Life lessons from 6 money and lifestyle coaches”, in CNN

   And yet queer and transgender people are finding a place in a lifestyle that, at least online, often occupies the same digital space as content from conservative creators, said Devin Proctor, an assistant professor of anthropology at Elon University in North Carolina who studies how we construct identities online.

   2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN

   Synonyms: lifeway, way of life

2. businessThe 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.