Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Noun · /ˈlaɪf.staɪl/

Definition

The way in which a person or group lives, including their habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, and economic level; the characteristic pattern of behaviour and choices that defines how someone lives.

Origin

A 20th-century compound of life (Old English lif) and style (from Old French estile, from Latin stilus — a pointed writing instrument, later applied to manner of expression). The term was introduced to English psychology by Alfred Adler in the 1920s (from his German Lebensstil) to describe the individual's characteristic pattern of adaptation to life. From psychology, it entered advertising and marketing in the 1960s and became ubiquitous.