ergophobia
[ ur-guh-foh-bee-uh ]
noun
Psychiatry. an irrational or disproportionate fear of or anxiety about work: Researchers are studying ergophobia and other barriers stay-at-home moms may face when reentering the workforce.Overtime, ergophobia, and burnout plague the tech sector.
Facetious. an aversion to work: How many hours of productivity are we losing to long weekends, ergophobia, and the Monday blues?
Origin of ergophobia
1Other words from ergophobia
- er·go·pho·bic, adjective, noun
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