2. Noun. A social trend towards living a simpler, less ambitious life with a better work-life balance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Downshifting
1. downshift [v] - See also: downshift
Lexicographical Neighbors of Downshifting
Literary usage of Downshifting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Light's Labour's Lost: Policies for Energy-Efficient Lighting by Paul Waide, International Energy Agency, Satoshi Tanishima (2006)
"Most use GaN or InGaN LEDs to produce blue or ultraviolet light which is subsequently
converted into white light by the application of downshifting ..."
2. Eternally Yours: Time in Design : Product, Value, Sustenance by Ed van Hinte (2004)
"In the early 1990s a borderline seemed to be crossed when Amy Saltzman wrote a
book called 'downshifting: Reinventing Success on a Slower Track', ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Sierra Nevada by Wilbur H. Morrison (2000)
"downshifting helps to prevent a burned out transmission when going uphill and
burned out brakes going downhill. When you stop to look at scenery, ..."
4. Entrepreneurship and the Wired Life: Work in the Wake of Careers by Fernando Flores, John Gray (2000)
"... forms of working life in which retirement can be partial or temporary, and
sometimes hard to distinguish from practices 36 Demos such as downshifting. ..."
5. Tomorrow's Women by Helen M. Wilkinson, Melanie Howard (1997)
"... for example, in the proliferation of articles about ‘downshifting' in the
1990s, many by women writers.6 Perhaps part of the appeal is that many women ..."
6. The Quest for Enlightenment: Articles from Back to Godhead Magazine by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda (1997)
"... Introduction M any people are reacti ng to today's high-pressure, fast-paced
life by "downshifting." They accept lower incomes to pursue their special ..."
7. Civic Spirit: The Big Idea for a New Political Era by Charles Leadbeater (1997)
"Another version is the movement towards downshifting and voluntary simplicity:
life will become more satisfying if we renounce high paying, prestigious jobs ..."
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