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introversive labor

introversive labor noun: labor that is expended in order to strengthen or make vigorous or agile the mind or body; or to achieve a religious purpose; or labor that is expended to avoid the disutility of work, as for example, to forget, to escape from depressing thoughts or banish annoying thoughts.

Noun

introversive labor (uncountable)

  1. Labor that is expended in order to strengthen or make vigorous or agile the mind or body; or to achieve a religious purpose; or labor that is expended to avoid the disutility of work, as for example, to forget, to escape from depressing thoughts or banish annoying thoughts.
    • To this extent introversive labor may influence the supply on the market. But as a rule, catallactics is concerned only with extroversive labor. The psychological problems raised by introversive labor are catallactically irrelevant. Seen from the point of view of economics introversive labor is to...1966, Ludwig Mises, Human Action, →ISBN, page 578

Questions about introversive labor

What does introversive labor mean?
Introversive labor means labor that is expended in order to strengthen or make vigorous or agile the mind or body; or to achieve a religious purpose; or labor that is expended to avoid the disutility of work, as for example, to forget, to escape from depressing thoughts or banish annoying thoughts.
What part of speech is introversive labor?
Introversive labor is a noun.

Words near introversive labor in the dictionary

  1. introvenient
  2. introversible
  3. introversion
  4. introversions
  5. introversive
  6. introversive labor
  7. introversively
  8. introversiveness
  9. introvert
  10. introvertable
  11. introverted

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