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WAY OF LIFE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A course of conduct

Example:

genius usually follows a revolutionary path

Synonyms:

path; way; way of life

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("way of life" is a kind of...):

course; course of action (a mode of action)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "way of life"):

ambages ((archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action)

primrose path (a life of ease and pleasure)

straight and narrow; strait and narrow (the way of proper and honest behavior)

hadith; Sunna; Sunnah ((Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran)

warpath (a course leading to warfare or battle)

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