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Break from the Grind March 2, 2015
TRIVIAL PURSUITS: What is ergophobia?
Reported by PLANSPONSOR staff
Ergophobia is the abnormal fear or aversion to work of any kind.
According to the online etymology dictionary, the term was coined in 1905 by a British doctor, Dr. William Dunnett Spanton, from the combination of Greek ergos (work) and phobia (fear).
Fear of work may also be called ergasiophobia.
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