ergophobian.
/əːɡəˈfəʊbɪə/ jocular.
Fear of work.
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society > occupation and work > work > attitudes to work > [noun]
solidarity1885
work-shyness1904
ergophobia1905
technophobia1947
technomania1948
work-mindedness1951
Luddism1967
workaholism1968
Ludditism1971
1905 W. 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’.
1905 Daily 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.
1921 19th Cent. Dec. 986 Ergophobia—a recognised if not a notifiable disease.
1960 Daily Mail 24 Nov. 10/3 Boys suffering from ergophobia (the dilemma of having to choose between working and stealing).
Derivatives
ergoˈphobic n. one who fears work.
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society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > one who fears work
ergophobic1960
1960 Daily Mail 24 Nov. 10 (headline) Ergophobics?
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