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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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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(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.
Origin: From (attested as lifes wege, lives wegas), from .. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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