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lifeways

lifeways is the plural of lifeway.

Meaning of lifeway

Noun

lifeway (plural lifeways)

  1. (Canada and US or puristic, otherwise archaic) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
    • 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.2017, Jason Hickel, “Neoliberalism Comes Home”, in The Divide […] , London: William Heinemann, →ISBN

Questions about lifeways

What is lifeways the plural of?
Lifeways is the plural of lifeway.

Words near lifeways in the dictionary

  1. lifetimes
  2. lifevest
  3. lifevests
  4. lifeward
  5. lifeway
  6. lifeways
  7. lifewide
  8. lifework
  9. lifeworks
  10. lifeworld
  11. lifeworlds

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