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lifestyle

or life style, life-style

[ lahyf-stahyl ]

/ ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl /

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noun

the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.

adjective

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.

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Origin of lifestyle

First recorded in 1925–30; life + style

Words nearby lifestyle

life-size, life skill, life space, life span, lifestream, lifestyle, lifestyle block, lifestyle business, lifestyle disease, lifestyle guru, lifestyler

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How to use lifestyle in a sentence

The move follows the men’s lifestyle magazine’s move in January 2018 to formalized its affiliate play with the GQ Recommends vertical and the launch of its quarterly subscription service GQ Best Stuff Box.
‘It’s worth testing’: GQ is moving from recommending products to selling its own|Kayleigh Barber|August 25, 2020|Digiday
Products, services and experiences are favored or rejected by people every day, helping to define them and their lifestyles.
Multicultural audiences are making nuanced media choices|Vevo|August 25, 2020|Digiday
Canoo’s first vehicle, by contrast, will be a consumer-focused “lifestyle vehicle” called the Canoo, expected for release in 2022.
Electric-vehicle startup Canoo to go public, joining the wave of companies chasing Tesla’s success|dzanemorris|August 18, 2020|Fortune
By finding out their income, lifestyle, interests, and purchase goals, you can integrate and use such data to attract them to your products and services.
How to use in-market audiences for better search campaigns|Harikrishna Kundariya|August 18, 2020|Search Engine Watch

The new species reproduces only via sex, which is weirdly simple for a fungal lifestyle.
How two new fungus species got named after the COVID-19 pandemic|Susan Milius|August 17, 2020|Science News
And more trivial modifications like altering bodily odors and promoting a healthy lifestyle.
Design Your Own Dinosaur: The Era of Custom DNA|Justin Jones|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“The tribe is really made of people who put travel as a priority in their entire lifestyle,” says Evita.
‘We Out Here’: Inside the New Black Travel Movement|Charlise Ferguson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
There is no such thing as a gay lifestyle, except in right-wing propaganda to oppose LGBT equality.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline|Jay Michaelson|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That gays (and other liberals) should choose Canadian oil because Canada “has no laws prohibiting LGBT lifestyle.”
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline|Jay Michaelson|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I actually found it quite pleasurable, and it prepared me for this strange, gypsy lifestyle of an actor.
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Cooking and making ice with the funnel cooker/cooler will permit a significant change in lifestyle.
The BYU Solar Cooker/Cooler|Steven E. Jones
His was but an updated version appealing to the mobile North American lifestyle.
The Land of Look Behind|Paul Cameron Brown
A relatively uniform lifestyle results from complementary practical experiences only slightly differentiated in structure.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
We are progressive, learning and growing in philosophy and lifestyle.
The Revolutions of Time|Jonathan Dunn

British Dictionary definitions for lifestyle

lifestyle

/ (ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl) /

noun

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

adjective

suggestive of a fashionable or desirable lifestylea 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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