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LIFE STYLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does life style mean?
• LIFE STYLE (noun)
The noun LIFE STYLE has 1 sense:
1. a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
Familiarity information: LIFE STYLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
life-style; life style; lifestyle; modus vivendi
Hypernyms ("life style" is a kind of...):
fashion; manner; mode; style; way (how something is done or how it happens)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "life style"):
fast lane (a hectic and pressured lifestyle often characterized by recklessness or dissipation)
free living (a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites)
vanity fair (a vain and frivolous lifestyle especially in large cities)
Context examples
Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural.
(Health Behavior, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
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