Meaning of lifestyle in English

lifestyle
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/ us
/ˈlaɪf.staɪl/
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someone's way of living; the things that a person or particular group of people usually do:
He doesn't have a very healthy lifestyle.
She needs a pretty high income to support her lifestyle.
an alternative lifestyle
offensive old-fashioned
the fact of not being heterosexual (= sexually or romantically attracted to women if you are a man, and men if you are a woman) or cisgender (= having a gender that matches the body you were born with):
He holds the outdated belief that being gay is a lifestyle choice.
The preacher comdemned "the homosexual lifestyle" until his son revealed he was gay.
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(Definition of lifestyle from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

lifestyle | American Dictionary

lifestyle
noun [ C ]
(also life-style)
us
/ˈlɑɪfˌstɑɪl/
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the particular way that a person or group lives and the values and ideas supported by that person or group:
Ask yourself how much your job enhances your lifestyle.
(Definition of lifestyle from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

lifestyle | Business English

lifestyle
noun [ C or U ]
uk
/ˈlaɪfstaɪl/ us
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MARKETING
someone's way of living, for example the things they usually do, where they live, what they spend their money on, etc.:
Given today's modern lifestyle the figures are not totally surprising.
a comfortable/healthy/lavish lifestyle He deserves to have a comfortable lifestyle.
an outdoor lifestyle
lifestyle brand/change/choice What is the government's role in helping people make healthy lifestyle choices?
a lifestyle magazine
(Definition of lifestyle from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of lifestyle

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Disabling chronic illness, depressive mood, functional decline, and sedentary lifestyles are among the most important prevention targets.
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The world on this view is morally simple, consisting of a few hard and fast values and, beyond that, only lifestyle options.
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An important food-related lifestyle change of the past two decades is the increase in consumption of food prepared away from home.
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The onset of diabetes can be delayed, if not prevented, by lifestyle and drug management.
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This represents an independent evolution of spectral diversity in response to selection after returning to a diurnal lifestyle.
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In other words, our actual lifestyle must correspond with the way of life implied by our ascription of meaning (2b).
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However, the censuring of lifestyle choices associated with deleterious health consequences appears to many as moralising couched in medical terms.
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Initially, women face changing lifestyles, new and unfamiliar clinical situations forcing changed routines.
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They suggested that patients rationalize their lifestyle choices, given their perceptions of diabetes and its personal implications for each of them.
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Retirement migrants who maintain a lifestyle focused on the household can become socially isolated as they become more frail.
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Ontogenetic changes in retinal structure and visual acuity: a comparative study of coral-reef teleosts with differing postsettlement lifestyles.
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Needless to say this is mainly about lifestyle.
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Maybe one cannot carry into the future a 20,000-year lifestyle.
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This makes it hard to unscramble historical changes in manners and lifestyles from altered perceptions related to the lifecourse.
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Their less gendered lifestyles probably also encourage men's participation in domestic tasks.
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Collocations with lifestyle

lifestyle

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active lifestyle
According to its website, its aim is to encourage healthy eating and an active lifestyle in a fun and informative way.
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ascetic lifestyle
Fulbe herdsmen accept the ascetic lifestyle that their form of pastoralism imposes on them.
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bohemian lifestyle
Among other things, the play shows how a sort of bohemian lifestyle has become mainstream in certain sections of society, with no expectation of marriage or even long-term relationships.
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What is the pronunciation of lifestyle?
 
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Translations of lifestyle

in Chinese (Traditional)
生活方式…
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生活方式…
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in Spanish
estilo de vida, estilo de vida [masculine, singular]…
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estilo de vida, estilo de vida [masculine]…
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生き方, 生（い）き方（かた）…
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yaşam tarzı, yaşam stili…
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style [masculine] de vie, mode de vie…
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estil de vida…
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lifestyle…
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أسلوب حياة…
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životní styl…
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livsstil…
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gaya hidup…
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รูปแบบการดำเนินชีวิต…
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phong cách sống…
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styl życia…
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gaya hidup…
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der Lifestyle, der Lebensstil…
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livsstil [masculine], livsstil…
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생활 방식…
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спосіб життя, стиль життя…
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stile di vita, lifestyle…
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образ, уклад жизни…
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