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empleomania

/ˌɛmpliːoʊˈmeɪniə/

empleomania noun: the desire to obtain a government job.

Noun

empleomania (uncountable)

  1. The desire to obtain a government job.
    • "Do ut des" is the motto of Spanish public life; empleomania is rife to a degree unknown elsewhere; and empleomania is the chief instrument of political corruption.1898, The Forum, volume 27, page 159

Origin of empleomania

Borrowed from Spanish empleomanía.

Questions about empleomania

What does empleomania mean?
Empleomania means the desire to obtain a government job.
What part of speech is empleomania?
Empleomania is a noun.
How do you pronounce empleomania?
Empleomania is pronounced /ˌɛmpliːoʊˈmeɪniə/.

Words near empleomania in the dictionary

  1. emplection
  2. emplectite
  3. emplecton
  4. emplectons
  5. emplectum
  6. empleomania
  7. emplore
  8. emplored
  9. emplores
  10. emploring
  11. emplot

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