ergophobia
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Ergophobia (also referred to as ergasiophobia or ponophobia) is described as an extreme and debilitating fear associated with work (manual labor, non-manual labor, etc.), a fear of finding or losing employment, or fear of specific tasks in the workplace. The term ergophobia comes from the Greek "ergon" (work) and "phobos" (fear).
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Vinony's link graph records 350 inbound references to ergophobia, and connects out to social anxiety disorder, Greek and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics Anxiety disorders, Employment and Phobias.
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- Medical condition.specialty
- psychology
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- Phobias
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- History and measurement
- Similar syndromes
- In culture
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Ergophobia (also referred to as ergasiophobia or ponophobia) is described as an extreme and debilitating fear associated with work (manual labor, non-manual labor, etc.), a fear of finding or losing employment, or fear of specific tasks in the workplace. The term ergophobia comes from the Greek "ergon" (work) and "phobos" (fear).
Ergophobia is not specifically defined in the DSM-5. Criteria can be accounted for under the category of "Other" specific phobia 300.29 (F40.298).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ergophobia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.