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lifescape

lifescape noun: a layout or representation of one's life, often depicted by life experiences, events, and circumstances.

Noun

lifescape (plural lifescapes)

  1. A layout or representation of one's life, often depicted by life experiences, events, and circumstances
    • Shall I accept unquestioningly the description of some important fact of a lifescape — a life philosophy —— from a static-minded man, however high his position?1922, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 129
    • Instead of chapter headings I now have a list of titles to cover my lifescape from the points of view of my varied career: my hop-skip, never-ending education; health, and how to proceed despite the lack of it; [...]1990, Lolo Houbein, Wrong Face in the Mirror

Examples of lifescape in a sentence

  • My lifescape is a truer picture of me, and giving it a new name — thinking about it differently — helps me to create it, see it, internalize it, in a fresh and revealing way.1996, Rebecca Maddox, Inc. your dreams:
  • I for one have always wanted to share my story because I believe that my lifescape can resonate with a few others.2012, Vishwas Chavan, Universal Principles for Living:
  • Thanks, Alan, for hours of entertainment and for some extraordinary experiences I would never have had if you and Christina and Gianna hadn't become part of my lifescape.2014, Charlaine Harris, Dead Ever After:

Forms of lifescape

plurallifescapes

Origin of lifescape

From life + -scape.

Questions about lifescape

What does lifescape mean?
Lifescape means a layout or representation of one's life, often depicted by life experiences, events, and circumstances.
How do you use lifescape in a sentence?
My lifescape is a truer picture of me, and giving it a new name — thinking about it differently — helps me to create it, see it, internalize it, in a fresh and revealing way.
What part of speech is lifescape?
Lifescape is a noun.
What is the plural of lifescape?
The plural of lifescape is lifescapes.

Words near lifescape in the dictionary

  1. lifers
  2. lifes
  3. lifesaver
  4. lifesavers
  5. lifesaving
  6. lifescape
  7. lifescapes
  8. lifeship
  9. lifeships
  10. lifesize
  11. lifesized

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