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.
   • 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.

See also

• way of life