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ergophobia jocular.|ɜːgəˈfəʊbɪə| [f. Gr. ἔργον work + -phobia.] Fear of work. Hence ergoˈphobic n., one who fears work.
1905W. D. Spanton in Brit. Med. Jrnl. 11 Feb. 300/2 He has discovered that it often pays better to idle and loaf about than to work, and the consequence is that a new disease has been engendered, which I have termed ‘ergophobia’. 1905Daily Chron. 26 May 5/7 Ergophobia..means a hatred or terror of work... It is a new disease which a medical paper has recently called attention to. 192119th Cent. Dec. 986 Ergophobia—a recognised if not a notifiable disease. 1960Daily Mail 24 Nov. 10 (headline) Ergophobics? Ibid. 10/3 Boys suffering from ergophobia (the dilemma of having to choose between working and stealing). |