What do you think about Lifestyle
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| Lifestyle |
Definition
A way of living of individuals, families (households),
and societies, which they manifest in
coping with their physical, psychological,
social, and economic
environments on a day-to-day basis.
Lifestyle is expressed in both work and
leisure behavior patterns and
(on an individual basis) in activities, attitudes, interests, opinions, values, and
allocation of income. It
also reflects people's self image or
self concept; the
way they see themselves and believe they are seen by the others.
Lifestyle is a composite of motivations, needs, and
wants and
is influenced by factors such
as culture,
family, reference
groups, and social
class. The analysis of
consumer life styles (called psycho graphics) is
an important factor in determining how consumers make
their purchase decisions.
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| Lifestyle |
A way of life or style of living
that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group: "It was a
millionaire's lifestyle on the pocketbook of a hairdresser" (People).
Usage Note: When lifestyle became popular a generation ago, a
number of critics objected to it as voguish and superficial, perhaps because it
appeared to elevate habits of consumption, dress, and recreation to categories
in a system of social classification.
Nonetheless, the word has proved
durable and useful, if only because such categories do in fact figure
importantly in the schemes that Americans commonly invoke when explaining
social values and behavior, as in Rachel Brown stein's remark that "an ant
conventional lifestyle is no sure sign of feminist politics, or indeed, of any
politics at all." Fifty-three percent of the Usage
Panel accepts the
word in Bohemian attitudes toward conventional society have been outstripped
and outdated by the lifestyles of millions of young people.
An even greater number fully
70 percent accepts
the word in Salaries in the Bay Area may be higher, but it may cost
employees as much as 30 percent more to maintain their lifestyles, where
the context requires a term that implies categorization based on habits of
consumption.
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