antiwork

[ an-tahy-wurk, an-tee- ]

/ ˌæn taɪˈwɜrk, ˌæn ti- /

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adjective

of or relating to a social and cultural movement that distinguishes between labor, which generates goods, and work, which generates wealth, and that rejects work as artificially incentivized, while embracing or elevating labor as essential or intrinsically rewarding.

Often an·ti-work . opposed to work; lazy.

noun

Often An·ti·work . the antiwork movement.

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Origin of antiwork

First recorded in 1870–75 as a term in physics; anti- + work

Words nearby antiwork

antivitamin, antivivisection, antivivisectionist, antiwar, antiwhite, antiwork, antiwork movement, antiworld, antixerophthalmic vitamin, anti-Zionist, antler