Meanings
plural ways of life
- A style of living that reflects the attitudes of a person or group.
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My fellow citizens: I want to talk to you about Korea, about why we are there, and what our objectives are. It is your liberty and mine which is involved. What is at stake is the free way of life- the right to worship as we please, the right to express our opinions, the right to raise our children in our own way, the right to choose our jobs, the right to plan our future and the right to live without fear.
1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 0:13 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162Synonyms: lifestyle, lifeway, living, modus vivendi
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA style of living that reflects the attitudes of a person or group.
More synonyms by meaning
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Translations
Ancient Greek δίαιτα
- δίαιτα (díaita)style of living
Arabic حَيَاة, طَرِيقَة فِي حَيَاة
- حَيَاة (ḥayāh)style of living
- طَرِيقَة فِي حَيَاة (ṭarīqa fī ḥayāh)style of living
- نَمَط حَيَاة (namaṭ ḥayāh)style of living
Bulgarian на́чин на живо́т
- на́чин на живо́т (náčin na živót)style of living
Chinese Mandarin 生活方式, 生態 /生态
- 生活方式 (shēnghuó fāngshì)style of living
- 生態 /生态 (shēngtài)style of living
- 方式 (fāngshì)style of living
Czech způsob života, životní styl
- způsob životastyle of living
- životní stylstyle of living
Danish levevis, livsførelse
- levevisstyle of living
- livsførelsestyle of living
- levnedstyle of living
- livsstilstyle of living
Dutch leefwijze
- leefwijzestyle of living
Estonian eluviis, elustiil
- eluviisstyle of living
- elustiilstyle of living
Finnish elämäntapa
- elämäntapastyle of living
French mode de vie
- mode de viestyle of living
German Lebensweise, Lebensstil
- Lebensweisestyle of living
- Lebensstilstyle of living
- Lebensartstyle of living
Greek τρόπος ζωής
- τρόπος ζωής (trópos zoḯs)style of living
Hebrew אורח חיים, אֹרַח חַיִּים
- אורח חייםstyle of living
- אֹרַח חַיִּים (órakh khayím)style of living
Hindi जीवनशैली, जीवनचर्या
- जीवनशैली (jīvanśailī)style of living
- जीवनचर्या (jīvancaryā)style of living
Hungarian életmód, életvitel
- életmódstyle of living
- életvitelstyle of living
Icelandic líferni
- lífernistyle of living
Indonesian gaya hidup
- gaya hidupstyle of living
Italian modo di vivere
- modo di viverestyle of living
Japanese 生活様式, 生き方
- 生活様式 (seikatsu yōshiki)style of living
- 生き方 (ikikata)style of living
- ライフスタイル (raifusutairu)style of living
- 生活方式 (seikatsu hōshiki)style of living
Korean 생활양식, 라이프 스타일
- 생활양식 (saenghwaryangsik)style of living
- 라이프 스타일 (raipeu seutail)style of living
- 생활방식 (saenghwalbangsik)style of living
Latin vīctus, diaeta
- vīctusstyle of living
- diaetastyle of living
- modus vīvendīstyle of living
Latvian dzīvesveids
- dzīvesveidsstyle of living
Lithuanian gyvenimo būdas, gyvensena
- gyvenimo būdasstyle of living
- gyvensenastyle of living
Malay gaya hidup
- gaya hidupstyle of living
Norwegian Bokmål livsform, livsstil
- livsformstyle of living
- livsstilstyle of living
Polish tryb życia, styl życia
- tryb życiastyle of living
- styl życiastyle of living
Portuguese estilo de vida
- estilo de vidastyle of living
Romanian mod de trai
- mod de traistyle of living
Russian о́браз жи́зни, стиль жи́зни
- о́браз жи́зни (óbraz žízni)style of living
- стиль жи́зни (stilʹ žízni)style of living
- лайфста́йл (lajfstájl)style of living
Scottish Gaelic dòigh-beatha
- dòigh-beathastyle of living
Slovak spôsob života, životný štýl
- spôsob životastyle of living
- životný štýlstyle of living
Spanish manera/forma de vida/vivir/vivencia, modo de vida/vivir/vivencia
- manera/forma de vida/vivir/vivenciastyle of living
- modo de vida/vivir/vivenciastyle of living
- manera/forma vital/vivencialstyle of living
- modo vital/vivencialstyle of living
Swedish livsföring, livsstil
- livsföringstyle of living
- livsstilstyle of living
Turkish yaşantı, hayat tarzı
- yaşantıstyle of living
- hayat tarzıstyle of living
- yaşam tarzıstyle of living
Ukrainian спо́сіб життя́, триб життя́
- спо́сіб життя́ (spósib žyttjá)style of living
- триб життя́ (tryb žyttjá)style of living
- укла́д життя́ (uklád žyttjá)style of living
Vietnamese lối sống
- lối sốngstyle of living
Cite this entry
way of life. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/way%20of%20life
“way of life.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/way%20of%20life. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “way of life,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/way%20of%20life.
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