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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.
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;
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.
The Cambridge English Dictionary states that culture is "the way of life, especially the general customs and beliefs, of a particular group of people at a particular time."
The term often refers to Anglo-French relations from the 1815 end of the Napoleonic Wars to the 1904 Entente Cordiale. [citation needed]On 7 January 1948, the United States, Britain and Canada, concluded an agreement known as the modus vivendi, that allowed for limited sharing of technical information on nuclear weapons which officially repealed the Quebec Agreement.
There are people who use bushido as a way of life. For example, the Japanese music artist Gackt said that his philosophical way of life is similar to bushido. [41] [124] In 2011, during interviews about his martial arts action movie Bunraku (2010) he said: Being Japanese, bushido is my roots, and is an important part of my country's culture.
Asceticism [a] is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. [3] Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their practices or continue to be part of their society, but typically adopt a frugal lifestyle, characterised by the renunciation of material possessions and physical pleasures, and also spend time fasting while ...