Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deathstyle

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: death-style
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A harmful, self-destructive lifestyle.

Example Sentences

"In many cases they learn their deathstyle from their parents. We are seeing the first generation of people in the United States who will likely die younger than their parents did."
"Addiction has become our national lifestyle—or deathstyle. It is a deathstyle based on the relinquishment of the self as a worthwhile being to a self who must achieve and perform or use something outside of self in order to be lovable and happy."
"My lifestyle determines my deathstyle."

Etymology

From death + style, based on lifestyle.

Inflected Forms

deathstyles (plural)

Questions

What does deathstyle mean?: A harmful, self-destructive lifestyle.
Where does deathstyle come from?: From death + style, based on lifestyle.

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