Lifeway
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
"And as under colonialism, in most cases ‘traditional’ values and lifeways were treated as a barrier to economic growth and social progress, and were often purposefully eradicated."
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More examples"And as under colonialism, in most cases ‘traditional’ values and lifeways were treated as a barrier to economic growth and social progress, and were often purposefully eradicated."
Etymology
From Middle English *lif-wei (attested as lifes wege, lives wegas), from Old English līfweġ. By surface analysis, life + way.
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