lifestylism

lifestylism

English

Etymology

lifestyle +‎ -ism

Noun

lifestylism (uncountable)

1. (derogatory) The appropriation of something as a lifestyle, without regard to its underlying tenets or meaning.
   • 1998, George McKay, DIY Culture (page 108)

     We went beyond squatting as lifestylism firstly by barricading our squats; secondly by taking over the street itself […]

   • 2010, Leonard Sweet, The Three Hardest Words

     In the cult of commodified lifestylism, even religion has become one more box on the shelf—promising a personal benefit along with conditioning shampoo, long-lasting antiperspirant, breath-sweetening toothpaste […]

   • 2013, Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith, Earth at Risk (page 192)

     Instead, many fall victim to illusions of reformism, bourgeois democracy, technotopianism, lifestylism, and other bogus schemes.