leisurism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

leisure +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

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.

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