Dictionary

work ethic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. The value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties.
2. The tendency to work hard at one's job or duties.
   • Badenoch, asked about Philp’s claim that Britons needed a better work ethic, told broadcasters: “I think everybody should be working hard, including myself.” 2025 January 31, Rowena Mason, quoting Kemi Badenoch, “Tory Chris Philp accused of ‘brass neck’ after saying UK needs better work ethic”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

Deriveds

Protestant work ethic · Puritan work ethic

Relateds

Puritan work ethic · Protestant work ethic

Synonyms

industry · diligence

Translations (26)

de Arbeitsmentalität (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · bg прилежание (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · de Arbeitsmoral (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · ms etika kerja (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · ka შრომის ეთიკა (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · cmn 勤勉精神 (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · cmn 勤勉性 (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · la industria (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · fi ahkeruus (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · da arbejdsmoral (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · mi waiaro mahi (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · id etika kerja (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · ga eitic oibre (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · nl werkethos (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · ga eitic oibre (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · fi työmoraali (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · ja 労働観 (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · af werksetiek (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · ru трудолюбие (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · es ética laboral (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · de Arbeitsmoral (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · es ética laboral (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · id etos kerja (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · ka შრომითი ეთიკა (value that one ought to work hard at one's job or duties) · bg трудолюбие (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties) · ru трудолюбие (tendency to work hard at one's job or duties)