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.