lifestyle

American  

[lahyf-stahyl] / ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl /

Or life style,

noun

• lifestyles
  plural

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

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adjective

1. pertaining to or catering to a certain lifestyle.

   unhealthy lifestyle choices; lifestyle advertising; a luxury lifestyle hotel.

2. (of a drug) used to treat a medical condition that is not life-threatening or painful.

   lifestyle drugs for baldness.

lifestyle British  

/ ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl /

noun

1. a set of attitudes, habits, or possessions associated with a particular person or group

2. such attitudes, etc, regarded as fashionable or desirable

3. 1. a luxurious semirural manner of living

   2. ( as modifier )

      a lifestyle property

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adjective

1. suggestive of a fashionable or desirable lifestyle

   a lifestyle café

2. (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

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• lifestyles
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of lifestyle

First recorded in 1925–30; life + style

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Explanation

Your lifestyle is how you live, and it reflects who you are. You might try to look cool by adopting a rock star lifestyle of partying every night and sleeping all day, but you'd probably get pretty tired. A lifestyle can also reflect your attitude or your personal values. For example, you might have a very conservative lifestyle, which means you don't spend money on anything trivial or unnecessary, and you don't engage in silly activities. A glamorous lifestyle means you indulge in upscale, high-profile pursuits and live luxuriously. If you've got some bad habits, your doctor might encourage you to adopt a healthier lifestyle, and get more exercise and eat more carefully.

Example Sentences

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Your modest lifestyle has gotten you this far, after all.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

After graduating from Carleton College, he pursued the “dirtbag” lifestyle, living out of his 1989 Subaru Loyale out West for seven years while climbing, skiing and learning photography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

"The gut microbiome is highly responsive to lifestyle, diet, environment and other everyday exposures," Kunihiro said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Meghan's lifestyle and cookery show on Netflix, With Love, Meghan, ran for two series and a Christmas special but did not perform well with audiences.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

The adoption of intensive food production from the Asian mainland was also very slow and piecemeal in Japan, probably because the hunter-gatherer lifestyle based on seafood and local plants was so productive there.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Rather than simply progressing toward stronger wings and more efficient flight, some early bird lineages appear to have moved in the opposite direction, adapting to lifestyles in which flying was no longer necessary.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Despite maintaining active lifestyles, participants experienced an average 19.7 percent decline in peak aerobic capacity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

"For many people, they don't smoke or have expensive lifestyles, so froyo isn't viewed as food, it's viewed as an experience."

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

As a country, we have grown dangerously comfortable with living on credit and trying to maintain lifestyles our budgets cannot support.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 26, 2026

This would have brought about an unprecedented transformation in human capabilities and lifestyles.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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