"lifestylism" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From lifestyle + -ism. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|lifestyle|ism}} lifestyle + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lifestylism (uncountable)
  1. (derogatory) The appropriation of something as a lifestyle, without regard to its underlying tenets or meaning. Tags: derogatory, uncountable
    Sense id: en-lifestylism-en-noun-Nlgm9bhz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ism, Pages with 1 entry
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          "text": "For if anarchism is just revolutionary workerism, then it loses its historical character as a libertarian critique or interpretation of socialism; yet if anarchism leaves its socialist roots completely in the past[…]then it arguably becomes something else, perhaps the supposedly aimless lifestylism derided famously by Murray Bookchin.",
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