Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ergophilia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: er-gophil-ia
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The love of work or exercise.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As a rule we do not recognise that this "ergophilia" is a disease."
"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."

Etymology

From ergo- + -philia.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ergo
Suffix: philia

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does ergophilia mean?: The love of work or exercise.
Where does ergophilia come from?: From ergo- + -philia.

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