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leisurism

leisurism noun: a lifestyle or social system mainly focused on leisure.

Noun

leisurism (uncountable)

  1. A lifestyle or social system mainly focused on leisure.
    • The real revolution of our time may prove to be "creeping leisurism"; a steady movement toward a society that can meet all its needs with a working day of no more than three or four hours.1954, Franklin Watts, The Pocket Book Magazine, volume 2, page 94
    • This mystique nourishes the values, outlooks, and life-styles of achievement, careerism, leisurism, and consumerism that pervade American culture.1982, Cornel West, Prophesy Deliverance!, page 120

Origin of leisurism

From leisure + -ism.

Questions about leisurism

What does leisurism mean?
Leisurism means a lifestyle or social system mainly focused on leisure.
What part of speech is leisurism?
Leisurism is a noun.

Words near leisurism in the dictionary

  1. leisureplexes
  2. leisures
  3. leisuresome
  4. leisurewear
  5. leisuring
  6. leisurism
  7. leisurist
  8. leisurists
  9. Leitam
  10. Leitanthem
  11. Leitao

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