ANTIWORK Definition & Meaning

antiwork

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

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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 anti-work opposed to work; lazy.

noun

Often Antiwork the antiwork movement.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of antiwork¹

First recorded in 1870–75 as a term in physics; anti- ( def. ) + work ( def. )

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The notorious r/antiwork space barred all those sites, along with any videos from the Chinese-owned apps TikTok and RedNote.

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It is also a window, onto the city’s antiwork culture, eclectic individualism and architectural sediments.

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He last wrote for the magazine about the Reddit group r/antiwork.

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Work-life balance: Zaid Khan, 24, who created a popular quiet quitting video on TikTok, said he started exploring “work reform” and the subreddit r/AntiWork during the Covid-19 lockdown when his job became all-consuming.

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In the hours that followed, the Antiwork subreddit imploded.

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