lifeway

English

Etymology

From Middle English *lif-wei (attested as lifes wege, lives wegas), from Old English līfweġ, corresponding to life +‎ way.

Noun

lifeway (plural lifeways)

  1. (now chiefly Canada, US) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
    Near-synonyms: lifestyle, way of life
    • 2017, Jason Hickel, “Neoliberalism Comes Home”, in The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN:
      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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