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- adjective Opposing
work .
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Pirates brought to shore an antiwork, libertine ethos that was eloquently stated by Bartholomew Roberts, better known as Black Bart, a famed buccaneer who prowled the Atlantic coast from the West Indies to Newfoundland.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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To Myrdal, the most debilitating of these pathologies were an antiwork ethic, hostility toward whites, sexual deviancy, and what he called the “instability of the Negro family.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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Two of President Obama's most senior economists—former White House aide Larry Summers and current Council of Economic Advisers chairman Alan Krueger—have published studies documenting this antiwork incentive.
Paid Not to Work 2012
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The law—softening what some see as an antiwork culture in France, symbolized by the 35-hour limit on the work week—was aimed at benefiting the economy in two ways: via increased production, and putting more money in workers' pockets to encourage consumption.
France Debates Effect of Overtime Law Sebastian Moffett 2011
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