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leisurism

noun

Etymology

From leisure + -ism.

  1. derived from licēre
  2. derived from loisir
  3. derived from leisir
  4. inherited from leyser
  5. suffixed as leisurism — “leisure + ism”

Definitions

  1. A lifestyle or social system mainly focused on leisure.

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA