quality of life

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quality of life (countable and uncountable, plural qualities of life)

1. The general well-being of something or someone.
   • 1997, Myles I. Friedman, Improving the Quality of Life: A Holistic Scientific Strategy‎^[1], page 85:

     And almost anyone can have quality of life destroyed by pain.

   • 2016, Helen James, Douglas Paton, editors, The Consequences of Disasters: Demographic, Planning, and Policy Implications‎^[2], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69:

     At the Liouguei Reconstruction centre, the guiding philosophy was helping people regain quality of life in ways that reconciled reconstruction activities with the maintenance of social and cultural traditions, both community and school-based.

2. (computing) Features or improvements designed to make software easier to use without changing the main functionality.

• QoL

• quality-adjusted life year
• standard of living