leisurism

leisurism

English

Etymology

leisure +‎ -ism

Noun

leisurism (uncountable)

1. A lifestyle or social system mainly focused on leisure.
   • 1954, Franklin Watts, The Pocket Book Magazine (volume 2, page 94)

     The real revolution of our time may prove to be "creeping leisurism"; a steady movement toward a society that can meet all its needs with a working day of no more than three or four hours.

   • 1982, Cornel West, Prophesy Deliverance! (page 120)

     This mystique nourishes the values, outlooks, and life-styles of achievement, careerism, leisurism, and consumerism that pervade American culture.

Related terms

• leisurist