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lifestyle creep

lifestyle creep noun: the phenomenon whereby, as more resources are spent on one's standard of living, former luxuries come to be perceived as necessities.

Noun

lifestyle creep (uncountable)

  1. The phenomenon whereby, as more resources are spent on one's standard of living, former luxuries come to be perceived as necessities.

Synonyms of lifestyle creep

Questions about lifestyle creep

What does lifestyle creep mean?
Lifestyle creep means the phenomenon whereby, as more resources are spent on one's standard of living, former luxuries come to be perceived as necessities.
What part of speech is lifestyle creep?
Lifestyle creep is a noun.

Words near lifestyle creep in the dictionary

  1. lifestring
  2. lifestrings
  3. lifestyle
  4. lifestyle block
  5. lifestyle blocks
  6. lifestyle creep
  7. lifestyle disease
  8. lifestyle diseases
  9. lifestyle drug
  10. lifestyle drugs
  11. lifestyle inflation

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