workphobia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"I examined a man who frequently feigned illness so he could stay home from work. When he asked what was wrong with him, I answered, "You have a bad case of lazyosis with acute symptoms of workphobia, are in an advanced stage of idlingitis, and suffer constantly from fearemia of activity."—L.J."

From work + -phobia.

workphobe workphobic

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