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lifescape en · NOUN

Etymology

From life + -scape.

Meanings

1. A layout or representation of one's life, often depicted by life experiences, events, and circumstances
   • Instead of chapter headings I now have a list of titles to cover my lifescape from the points of view of my varied career: my hop-skip, never-ending education; health, and how to proceed despite the lack of it; [...] 1990, Lolo Houbein, Wrong Face in the Mirror:
   • I for one have always wanted to share my story because I believe that my lifescape can resonate with a few others. 2012, Vishwas Chavan, Universal Principles for Living:
   • Thanks, Alan, for hours of entertainment and for some extraordinary experiences I would never have had if you and Christina and Gianna hadn't become part of my lifescape. 2014, Charlaine Harris, Dead Ever After:
   • Shall I accept unquestioningly the description of some important fact of a lifescape — a life philosophy —— from a static-minded man, however high his position? 1922, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 129:
   • My lifescape is a truer picture of me, and giving it a new name — thinking about it differently — helps me to create it, see it, internalize it, in a fresh and revealing way. 1996, Rebecca Maddox, Inc. your dreams:

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