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downshifting
downshiftingquitting a high-pressure job to seek a less stressful lifedown·shift D0368200 (doun′shĭft′)v. down·shift·ed, down·shift·ing, down·shifts v.intr.1. To shift a motor vehicle into a lower gear.2. To reduce the speed, rate, or intensity of something.3. To simplify or reduce one's expectations or commitments, especially in work hours: "28 percent said that they had downshifted and voluntarily cut back on their income in some way ... to reflect changes in priorities" (Carey Goldberg).v.tr.1. To shift (a motor vehicle) into a lower gear.2. To reduce in speed, rate, or intensity: "The president is downshifting his confrontational rhetoric and reaffirming his readiness to talk arms control" (Newsweek).3. To simplify or reduce one's commitments in (one's life).
down′shift′ n.down′shift′er n.downshifting (ˈdaʊnˌʃɪftɪŋ) n (Sociology) the practice of simplifying one's lifestyle and becoming less materialistic ˈdownˌshifter nThesaurusSeedownshift |