Lifepath

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One's path through life, as determined by the decisions one makes.

    "It comes about as rational actors make informed choices between realistic alternative lifepaths, always taking responsibility for the consequences that those choices will have on their own cumulative life stories[…]"

Example

More examples

"You can't fight back against your own destiny in life, there's little you can do to modify your lifepath, it will always happen it is supposed to happen over the course of your life, and your life will always take the course it's meant to take."

Etymology

From life + path.

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