lifeway
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- noun
- /ˈlaɪfˌweɪ/
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modo de vida
- Retaining some of the old lifeways helps maintain their cultural identities in the new place.
- traditional lifeways
- indigenous lifeways
- native lifeways
Examples
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To many Indigenous peoples, the practice of reconstructing past lifeways without incorporating oral histories and ethnographic information is viewed with suspicion.
Academic text (2005) -
My family's experience and my knowledge of Bedouin lifeways constitute the major part of the ethnographic data.
Academic text (1990) -
Collective cultural identities are primary in the religious lifeways of American Indian communities.
Academic text (1996) -
In a rapidly changing world, Deloria did not see American Indian lifeways as dying out.
Academic text (2018) -
Did their particular lifeways or habits subject them to specific diseases and hardships?
Academic text (1996) -
Native American elders are revered for their knowledge, wisdom, life experience, and the sharing of cultural lifeways.
Academic text (2009) -
Such movements tended to focus on reviving or maintaining their perceived older lifeways and autonomy.
Academic text (2008) -
Our values and lifeways are inconsistent with the materialism and militarism characteristic of today's world powers.
Academic text (2002) -
The Recollect and Jesuit accounts describe the lifeways and beliefs of indigenous peoples and bolster French support for their conversion efforts.
Academic text (2017) -
Retaining some of the old lifeways helps maintain their cultural identities in the new place.
Synonyms
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1.0
A particular way of living that includes daily activities and relationships
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2.3
The way a person lives, including habits and daily choices
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2.4
The usual habits, beliefs, and actions of a person or group
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lifeway combines life and way, so it literally means a 'way of life'. So, like lifestyle, it describes the habits, customs, and daily choices that show how a group or culture lives.