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ergophilia

ergophilia noun: the love of work or exercise.

Noun

ergophilia (uncountable)

  1. The love of work or exercise.
    • As a rule we do not recognise that this "ergophilia" is a disease.1911, James Johnston Abraham, The Surgeon's Log: Being Impressions of the Far East, page 52
    • I don't like the ergophilia, bureaucratitis, technomania and war fever that I'm surrounded by, yet these things don't actually get labelled as sicknesses.2004, Colin Feltham, Problems Are Us: Or Is It Just Me?, →ISBN, page 234

Origin of ergophilia

From ergo- + -philia.

Questions about ergophilia

What does ergophilia mean?
Ergophilia means the love of work or exercise.
What part of speech is ergophilia?
Ergophilia is a noun.

Words near ergophilia in the dictionary

  1. ergopeptides
  2. ergopeptine
  3. ergopeptines
  4. ergophile
  5. ergophiles
  6. ergophilia
  7. ergophobe
  8. ergophobes
  9. ergophobia
  10. ergophobic
  11. ergoreflex

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