单词 | ergophobia |
释义 | ergophobian. jocular. Fear of work. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > one who fears work ergophobic1960 1960 Daily Mail 24 Nov. 10 (headline) Ergophobics? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < |
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