426. Work
See also 297. OCCUPATIONS ; 303. ORGANIZED LABOR .
- drudgery
- dull, laborious, or menial work. — drudge , n.
- empleomania
- an obsession with public employment.
- ergasiophobia
- an abnormal fear of work.
- ergograph
- an instrument that records the amount of work done when a muscle contracts. — ergographic , adj.
- ergology
- the study of the effect of work on mind and body. — ergologist , n.
- ergomania
- a mania for work.
- ergophile
- a person who loves to work.
- ergophobia
- a hatred of work.
- faineance, faineancy
- laziness; the state of being idle. — fainéant , adj.
- flexitime
- a work practice under which workers are able, within certain limits, to choose their own hours of work.
- lucubration
- 1. laborious work or study, especially when done late at night.
- 2. the work, as a book or treatise, produced or apparently produced this way. — lucubrator , n.
- operosity
- 1. the state or quality of being industrious or busy.
- 2. the condition of being toilsome. — operose , adj.
- sinecurism
- the policy or practice of maintaining an office or position that provides income without demanding any or much work or attendance. Also sinecureship. — sinecure , n.
- Taylorism
- the methods of scientific factory management first introduced in the early 19th century by the American engineer Frederick W. Taylor, especially the differential piece-rate system.
- thaasophobia
- an abnormal fear or dislike of being idle.
- volunteerism
- the practice or advocacy of working as a volunteer, often with the hope of thereby gaining paid employment in the same field.
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