Meanings
nounworkphobia (uncountable)
- nonstandarduncountableAversion to working.
I examined a man who frequently feigned illness so he could stay home from work. When he asked what was wrong with him, I answered, "You have a bad case of lazyosis with acute symptoms of workphobia, are in an advanced stage of idlingitis, and suffer constantly from fearemia of activity."—L.J.
1954 November 15, “Damning Diagnosis”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 22, Minneapolis, M.N.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 252
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