Lifestyle enclave is a sociological term first used by Robert N. Bellah et al. in their 1985 book, Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life. In the glossary of the book, they provide the following definition: "A lifestyle enclave is formed by people who share some feature of private life.
Lifestyle enclave is a sociological term that describes social groups united by shared aspects of private life, as defined by Robert N. Bellah et al. in their 1985 book "Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life."