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Way of life may refer to: Lifestyle (sociology) , a term to describe the way a person lives Modus vivendi , a Latin phrase meaning way of life or way of living
The American way of life or the American way is the U.S. nationalist ethos that adheres to the principle of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.At the center of the American way is the belief in an American Dream that is claimed to be achievable by any American through hard work.
From the mid 19th century, the word was used with the meaning 'way through life' or 'way of life'. [1] It appears, for example, in literary contexts in the stories of Clara Lee [2] and Rose Porter, [3] in the verse of Frank L. Stanton, [4] and in editor and politician Edgar Howard's opinion pieces on other political figures.
Lifestyle is the interests, opinions, behaviours, and behavioural orientations of an individual, group, or culture. [1] [2] The term was introduced by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler in his 1929 book, The Case of Miss R., with the meaning of "a person's basic character as established early in childhood". [3]
The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". [1]Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other than Freedom, than Voluntary Force: thus have we a warfare; in the beginning, especially, a hard-fought battle.
A person's livelihood (derived from life-lode, "way of life"; cf. OG lib-leit) [1] refers to their "means of securing the basic necessities (food, water, shelter and clothing) of life". Livelihood is defined as a set of activities essential to everyday life that are conducted over one's life span.
Following the Way, then, is like going on a cosmic trek. Even more unexpected than the panoply of Indo-European cognates for Tao (drog) is the Hebrew root d-r-g for the same word and Arabic t-r-q, which yields words meaning "track, path, way, way of doing things" and is important in Islamic philosophical discourse. [49]
A culture of life describes a way of life based on the belief that human life begins at conception, and is sacred at all stages from conception through natural death. [1] It opposes abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty), [note 1] studies and medicines involving embryonic stem cells, and contraception, because they are seen as destroying life.