quality of life en · NOUN
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Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The general well-being of someone, and the degree to which someone's daily experience is enjoyable or unenjoyable.
health-related quality of life
And almost anyone can have quality of life destroyed by pain.
1997, Myles I. Friedman, Improving the Quality of Life: A Holistic Scientific Strategy, page 85:At the Liouguei Reconstruction centre, the guiding philosophy was helping people regain quality of life in ways that reconciled reconstruction activities with the maintenance of social and cultural traditions, both community and school-based.
2016, Helen James, Douglas Paton, editors, The Consequences of Disasters: Demographic, Planning, and Policy Implications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69:
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(attributive, countable, uncountable, usually) The general well-being of someone, and the degree to which someone's daily experience is enjoyable or unenjoyable. ▸ Concerning prevailing conditions in public, such as cleanliness, safety, and the pleasantness of the surroundings or lack thereof.
quality-of-life offenses such as graffiti writing, loitering, public urination, public drinking, aggressive panhandling, and turnstile jumping
In July 1994, New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani and police commissioner William Bratton began implementing an order-maintenance policing strategy emphasizing proactive and aggressive enforcement of misdemeanor laws against quality-of-life offenses such as graffiti writing, loitering, public urination, public drinking, aggressive panhandling, turnstile jumping, and prostitution.
2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, Illusion of Order:
- (countable, uncountable) Features or improvements designed to make software easier to use without changing the main functionality.
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| qualities of life | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
standard of living · quality-adjusted life year
Synonyms
Translations (27)
es calidad de vida (general well-being of individuals and societies) · pl jakość życia (general well-being of individuals and societies) · ru ка́чество жи́зни (general well-being of individuals and societies) · nn livskvalitet (general well-being of individuals and societies) · it qualità di vita (general well-being of individuals and societies) · da livskvalitet (general well-being of individuals and societies) · pt qualidade de vida (general well-being of individuals and societies) · ja クオリティ・オブ・ライフ (general well-being of individuals and societies) · is Lífsgæði (general well-being of individuals and societies) · lv dzīves kvalitāte (general well-being of individuals and societies) · hu életminőség (general well-being of individuals and societies) · ko 삶의 질 (general well-being of individuals and societies) · gl calidade de vida (general well-being of individuals and societies) · de Lebensqualität (general well-being of individuals and societies) · ca qualitat de vida (general well-being of individuals and societies) · cs kvalita života (general well-being of individuals and societies) · kk тұрмыс сапасы (general well-being of individuals and societies) · ar جَوْدَة الْحَيَاة (general well-being of individuals and societies) · el ποιότητα ζωής (general well-being of individuals and societies) · et elukvaliteet (general well-being of individuals and societies) · tr yaşam kalitesi (general well-being of individuals and societies) · fi elämänlaatu (general well-being of individuals and societies) · nb livskvalitet (general well-being of individuals and societies) · cmn 生活質量 /生活质量 (general well-being of individuals and societies) · ja 生活の質 (general well-being of individuals and societies) · fr qualité de vie (general well-being of individuals and societies) · sv livskvalitet (general well-being of individuals and societies)