"work ethic" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: work ethics [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} work ethic (plural work ethics)
  1. The value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties. Categories (topical): Directives Translations (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties): werkethos [masculine] (Dutch), työmoraali (Finnish), შრომითი ეთიკა (šromiti etiḳa) (Georgian), შრომის ეთიკა (šromis etiḳa) (Georgian), Arbeitsmoral [feminine] (German), Arbeitsmentalität [feminine] (German), etika kerja (Indonesian), etos kerja (Indonesian), eitic oibre [feminine] (Irish), 労働観 (rōdōkan) (alt: ろうどうかん) (Japanese), etika kerja (Malay), waiaro mahi (Maori), трудолюбие (trudoljubije) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-work_ethic-en-noun-1~bH~C3p Disambiguation of Directives: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of "value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties": 82 18
  2. The tendency to work hard at one's job or duties. Translations (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties): arbejdsmoral [common-gender] (Danish), ahkeruus (Finnish), Arbeitsmoral [feminine] (German), eitic oibre [feminine] (Irish), трудолюбие (trudoljubije) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-work_ethic-en-noun-ZVUUMksV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of "tendency to work hard at one's job or duties": 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Protestant work ethic, Puritan work ethic Related terms: Protestant work ethic, Puritan work ethic

Inflected forms

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