workaholic

work +‎ -aholic

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workaholic (plural workaholics)

1. A person who feels compelled to work excessively, including while at home.

   All workaholics should move to Hong Kong, where working hours average over 50 per week.

   • 2016, JoAnneh Nagler, How to be an artist without losing your mind, your shirt, or your creative compass, →ISBN, page 80:

     We're not looking to become workaholics who don't know how to rest or vacation, or who never hang it up long enough to go to a movie.

• → Portuguese: workaholic

workaholic (comparative more workaholic, superlative most workaholic)

1. In the nature or manner of a workaholic.

• workaholism
• workhorse
• ergomania
• John Henryism
• karoshi
• Stakhanovite

Unadapted borrowing from English workaholic.

workaholic m or f by sense (plural workaholics)

1. workaholic (person who feels compelled to work excessively)