good life

noun

1.

a. : a life lived in accordance with certain moral laws : a life of virtue

most men will not attain the good life, and … for them it is necessary to institute the laws — Walter Lippmann

felt most sincerely that they were trying to lead the good life — A.A.Cohen

b. : a life characterized by or tending toward the harmonious rounded many-sided cultural and material development of the individual : a life promoting individual self-realization

editing a magazine is a form of the good life; it is creating when the world is destroying — Time

preparing for … the good life, through one or two years of liberal studies at the graduate level — Science

never … confused the good life with an efficient economy — Sidney Hook

2. : a life marked by a high standard of living : a life of material well-being

a tidy home, a new car, a television set … these are the measures of the good life for millions — A.H.Raskin

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1. a life abounding in material comforts and luxuries.

2. a life lived according to the moral and religious laws of one's culture.

[1945-50]

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noun

the good life

1 US : the kind of life that people with a lot of money are able to have

She grew up poor, but now she's living the good life.

His idea of the good life includes owning several luxury cars.

2 : a happy and enjoyable life

She gave up a good job in the city to move to the country in search of the good life.