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ponophobia

ponophobia noun: a fear of overwork.

Noun

ponophobia (uncountable)

  1. A fear of overwork.
    • In the meantime, since your editor suffers slightly from ponophobia (fear of work), you can help by sending in your questions and answers, thus keeping "The Exchange" from the dread complaint of kenophobia (fear of emptiness)!1975 Spring, Nancy E. Gwinn, “The Exchange: What's Your Phobia?”, in RQ, volume 14, number 3
    • Those who are handicapped by ponophobia—a morbid fear of work—should go into some other line of work besides medicine. I have known some physicians who were afflicted with what I like to call acute intermittent ponophobia.1981, The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society - Volume 44, Journal Publication, page 18

Synonyms of ponophobia

Origin of ponophobia

From Ancient Greek πόνος (pónos, “fatigue”) + -phobia.

Questions about ponophobia

What does ponophobia mean?
Ponophobia means a fear of overwork.
What part of speech is ponophobia?
Ponophobia is a noun.

Words near ponophobia in the dictionary

  1. Ponoka
  2. Ponoka County
  3. Ponomarenko
  4. ponomarevite
  5. Ponong
  6. ponophobia
  7. ponor
  8. ponors
  9. Ponosakan
  10. PONR
  11. pons

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