malingerer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /məˈlɪŋɡəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From malinger + -er.
Meanings
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A person who malingers.
It is telling, in this context of rising rates of mental illness, that New Labour committed itself, early in its third term in government, to removing people from Incapacity Benefit, implying that many, if not most, claimants are malingerers.
2009, Mark Fisher, chapter 5, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| malingerers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| malingeror | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
pseudopatient · one of his majesty's bad bargains · goldbrick
Translations (16)
hu színlelt beteg (person who malingers) · ru симуля́нтка (person who malingers) · de Simulatin (person who malingers) · uk симуля́нт (person who malingers) · de Simulant (person who malingers) · cs simulant (person who malingers) · pl symulant (person who malingers) · ru симуля́нт (person who malingers) · sv simulant (person who malingers) · mk симулант (person who malingers) · de Scheinkranke (person who malingers) · da simulant (person who malingers) · hu szimuláns (person who malingers) · pl symulantka (person who malingers) · de Scheinkranker (person who malingers) · uk симуля́нтка (person who malingers)