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antiwork

antiwork adjective: opposing work.

Adjective

antiwork (comparative more antiwork, superlative most antiwork)

  1. Opposing work.
    • Most students, long before they reach the high school age, develop an antiwork attitude — a negative attitude toward anything that requires "excessive" time and effort.1973, Elizabeth Bergner Hurlock, Personality development

Forms of antiwork

comparativemore antiwork
superlativemost antiwork

Origin of antiwork

From anti- + work.

Questions about antiwork

What does antiwork mean?
Antiwork means opposing work.
What part of speech is antiwork?
Antiwork is an adjective.

Words near antiwork in the dictionary

  1. antiwolf
  2. antiwoman
  3. antiwomanist
  4. antiwomanists
  5. antiwomen
  6. antiwork
  7. antiworker
  8. antiworld
  9. antiworlds
  10. antiworm
  11. antiworship

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