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deathstyle en · NOUN

Etymology

From death + style, based on lifestyle.

Meanings

1. A harmful, self-destructive lifestyle.
   • My lifestyle determines my deathstyle. 2003, Metallica, Frantic:
   • In many cases they learn their deathstyle from their parents. We are seeing the first generation of people in the United States who will likely die younger than their parents did. 2010, Richard Benyo, Timeless Running Wisdom, page 155:
   • Addiction has become our national lifestyle—or deathstyle. It is a deathstyle based on the relinquishment of the self as a worthwhile being to a self who must achieve and perform or use something outside of self in order to be lovable and happy. 1996, John Bradshaw, Bradshaw On: The Family: A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem:

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