lifeway
(Canada, and, US, or, puristic, otherwise, archaic) One's path through life; a lifestyle or behaviour, now especially when seen as traditional.
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(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.
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