Resembling or characteristic of a bachelor; having the qualities, habits, or appearance typical of an unmarried man living alone.
From bachelor + -like (Old English-lic meaning resembling or having the form of). The -like suffix is one of English's most straightforward word-builders, simply meaning it looks or acts like something else.
Bachelor flats and bachelorlike disorder became Victorian cultural anxieties—society worried that unmarried men's naturally messy living spaces would prevent them from ever marrying, turning housekeeping into a moral issue and personal hygiene into social commentary.
Adjective form carries the same gendered prestige as 'bachelorhood'; describing unmarried living or comportment as 'bachelorlike' assumes masculine autonomy as the default.
Use 'unmarried-style', 'independently living', or name the specific quality (neat, autonomous, solitary) without invoking a gendered lifestyle marker.
["independently-living","autonomously-styled"]
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