Crossword Dictionary
lifestyle
lifestyle - noun
the habits, attitudes, tastes, moral standards, economic level, etc., that together constitute the mode of living of an individual or group.
Synonyms
way of life, situation, ways, life, position, condition, conduct, behaviour, habits, customs
About
Lifestyle is the interests, opinions, behaviours, and behavioural orientations of an individual, group, or culture. The term was introduced by Austrian psychologist Alfred Adler in his 1929 book, The Case of Miss R., with the meaning of "a person's basic character as established early in childhood". The broader sense of lifestyle as a "way or style of living" has been documented since 1961. Lifestyle is a combination of determining intangible or tangible factors. Tangible factors relate specifically to demographic variables, i.e. an individual's demographic profile, whereas intangible factors concern the psychological aspects of an individual such as personal values, preferences, and outlooks.
A rural environment has different lifestyles compared to an urban metropolis. Location is important even within an urban scope. The nature of the neighborhood in which a person resides affects the set of lifestyles available to that person due to differences between various neighborhoods' degrees of affluence and proximity to natural and cultural environments. For example, in areas near the sea, a surf culture or lifestyle can often be present.
habit
Habits are routines of behavior that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously. In the American Journal of Psychology it is defined in this way: "A habit, from the standpoint of psychology, is a more or less fixed way of thinking, willing, or feeling acquired through previous repetition of a mental experience." Habitual behavior often goes unnoticed in persons exhibiting it, because a person does not need to engage in self-analysis when undertaking routine tasks. Habituation is an extremely simple form of learning, in which an organism, after a period of exposure to a stimulus, stops responding to that stimulus in varied manners. Habits are sometimes compulsory.
The process by which new behaviors become automatic is habit formation. Examples of habit formation are the following: If you instinctively reach for a cigarette the moment you wake up in the morning, you have a habit. Also, if you lace up your running shoes and hit the streets as soon as you get home, you've acquired a habit. Old habits are hard to break and new habits are hard to form because the behavioral patterns we repeat are imprinted in our neural pathways. But the good news is that it is possible to form new habits through repetition.
example sentences
I habitually take out the trash every Wednesday night, whether it's full or not.
My Mom has pointed out that I have the habit of saying “Um†and “Yeah†a lot when I'm speaking.
- ABNORMALITIES
- AFFECTATIONS
- ATTRIBUTES
- BEHAVIORS
- CHARACTERISTICS
- CROTCHETS
- DEVELOPMENTS
- DIFFERENCES
- DISPOSITIONS
- ECCENTRICITIES
- FETISHES
- FOIBLES
- IMPERFECTIONS
- INCLINATIONS
- INDIVIDUALITIES
- NOTIONS
- ODDITIES
- ODDITYS
- PECULIARITIES
- PECULIARITYS
- PERSONALITIES
- QUIRKS
- SHTICKS
- SINGULARITIES
- TEMPERAMENTS
- TENDENCIES
- TRAITS
- TWISTS
- VAGARIES
- WHIMS