lifestyle

lifestyle
   sexual orientation
   An evasion used especially when questioning potential blood donors so as to screen out any likely to be HIV-positive without making further tests:
    This lifestyle, choice — whatever it was called — remained beyond him. Not the acts, but the very philosophy. (Turow, 1990)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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  • lifestyle — life‧style [ˈlaɪfstaɪl] noun [countable] the way someone lives, including where they live, their job and the sort of things they spend money on: • Market segmentation looks at how people differ in their lifestyles and attitudes towards products… …   Financial and business terms

  • Lifestyle — bezeichnet: die Art und Weise der Lebensführung, siehe Lebensstil einen Fernsehsender, siehe Lifestyle (Fernsehsender) ein Gesellschaftsspiel, siehe Lifestyle (Spiel) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unter …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • lifestyle — The term will be familiar to modern readers in the meaning given in the Concise Oxford Dictionary (2006): ‘the way in which a person lives’, although it has a much older, specialized meaning introduced to the language of psychology by the… …   Modern English usage

  • Lifestyle — puede hacer referencia a: estilo de vida; o Lifestyle, álbum de música de Nelly Furtado. Esta página de desambiguación cataloga artículos relacionados con el mismo título. Si llegaste aquí a través de …   Wikipedia Español

  • Lifestyle — Lifestyle,der:⇨Leben(2) …   Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme

  • lifestyle — also life style, 1929, from LIFE (Cf. life) (n.) + STYLE (Cf. style) (n.); originally a specific term used by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler (1870 1937); broader sense is by 1961 …   Etymology dictionary

  • lifestyle — [n] way of life behavior, conduct, habits, style of living, way of acting; concept 633 …   New thesaurus

  • lifestyle — ► NOUN ▪ the way in which one lives …   English terms dictionary

  • lifestyle — ☆ lifestyle [līf′stīl΄ ] n. the consistent, integrated way of life of an individual as typified by his or her manner, attitudes, possessions, etc.: also sp. life style …   English World dictionary

  • Lifestyle — The term lifestyle was originally coined by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler in 1929. The current broader sense of the word dates from 1961. [ [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=lifestyle Online Etymology Dictionary ] ] In sociology, a …   Wikipedia

  • lifestyle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ healthy, unhealthy ▪ active ▪ sedentary ▪ The increase in obesity is a result of poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. ▪ busy …   Collocations dictionary

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