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VICTIME INVOLONTAIRE [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
CONT

Voluntary simplicity. ... Choosing to earn and buy less - to give up income and fast-track success for more free time and less stress involves a quiet personal revolt against dominant culture of getting and spending. This summer, pollsters announced ... [that 28% of ] Americans said they had downshifted.... The "involuntaries" add to the simplicity movement, even though they come to it in their struggle to adjust.

OBS

Most downshifters choose a simpler lifestyle; some, however, are "involuntaries".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
OBS

rétrograder : Faire subir une rétrogradation à qqn.

OBS

rétrogradation : Mouvement de recul; retour en arrière [...]

OBS

retour : Mouvement de sens inverse d'un mouvement précédent.

Spanish

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