Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A morbid aversion to labor. Compare ergasiophobia.

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  • noun An irrational fear of work.

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  • The fear of work.

    May 12, 2008

  • *runs*

    November 12, 2008

  • JM wants a Selection Criteria that demands demonstrated evidence that the applicant does not have ergophobia

    February 24, 2009

  • Ergophobia seems to be more common now than it was when I was a youth who delivered newspapers after school.

    October 13, 2023

  • See ergasiophobia.

    November 19, 2023