dolce vita
Living in pleasure
Dolce vita is Italian for "the sweet life"—a lifestyle of pleasure, luxury, and carefree indulgence.
The phrase entered English largely through Fellini's 1960 film depicting Rome's decadent high society.
It suggests sophisticated hedonism: They spent the summer living la dolce vita on the Amalfi Coast.
- piazzaPublic urban square
- FelliniItalian auteur of surrealism
- Italian cinemaFilm from Rome's studios
- sprezzaturaStudied, deliberate casualness
- espressoConcentrated pressurized brew
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dolce vitaasceticism
Severe self-denial practice
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dolce vitadrudgery
Hard, boring work
hardship · toil · grind · rat race · daily grind
dolce vitamonastic life
Religious community living
monasticism · renunciation · otherworldliness · spiritual poverty