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lifepath

lifepath noun: one's path through life, as determined by the decisions one makes.

Noun

lifepath (plural lifepaths)

  1. One's path through life, as determined by the decisions one makes.
    • It comes about as rational actors make informed choices between realistic alternative lifepaths, always taking responsibility for the consequences that those choices will have on their own cumulative life stories[…]2005, Mark A. Young, Negotiating the good life: Aristotle and the civil society, page 7

Forms of lifepath

plurallifepaths
alternative formlife path

Origin of lifepath

From life + path.

Questions about lifepath

What does lifepath mean?
Lifepath means one's path through life, as determined by the decisions one makes.
What part of speech is lifepath?
Lifepath is a noun.
What is the plural of lifepath?
The plural of lifepath is lifepaths.

Words near lifepath in the dictionary

  1. lifen
  2. lifened
  3. lifeness
  4. lifening
  5. lifens
  6. lifepath
  7. lifepaths
  8. lifepod
  9. lifepods
  10. lifepreserver
  11. lifepreservers

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