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<h2 id="work-martyr">Work martyr</h2>
<p>A person who puts work before their own time and health may be called a 'work martyr'. Work martyrs typically experience gratification from work and outperform others, but may be unable to delegate or unplug from work.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Achievement_ideology/PIpn1Khk">Achievement ideology</a> – Concept in sociology</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Anarchism/4a262gvQ">Anarchism</a> – Political philosophy and movement</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bedtime_procrastination/4Vcykk89">Bedtime procrastination</a> – Psychological phenomenon</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Effort_justification/DqQjyM24">Effort justification</a> – Overvaluing of effortful achievements</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Escalation_of_commitment/LKM8TH7K">Escalation of commitment</a> – A human behavior pattern in which the participant takes on increasingly greater risk</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Iron_cage/vD4gkWXg">Iron cage</a> – Concept in sociology</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Producerism/YgD8S4Ik">Producerism</a> – Belief that workers benefit society more than those who get wealth through other means</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Productivism/p6Lqf6rM">Productivism</a> – Primacy of productivity and growth</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Protestant_work_ethic/tImQUhFL">Protestant work ethic</a> – Social-theologic concept</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Work_ethic/Pu7AkCrE">Work ethic</a> – Belief in the virtues of labor</li></ul>
<h2 id="notes">Notes</h2>

<ul><li><a href="https://www.science.org/content/article/how-i-am-stepping-back-workism-nurture-my-broader-ambitions">"How I am stepping back from workism to nurture my broader ambitions"</a>. <i>www.science.org</i>.</li>
<li>Levs, Josh. <a href="https://www.strategy-business.com/blog/The-dangers-of-workism">"The dangers of "workism""</a>. <i>Strategy+business</i>.</li>
<li>Horton, Adrian (March 31, 2022). <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/mar/31/wecrashed-hustle-harder-tv-workism">"Hustle harder: how TV became obsessed with stories of workism"</a> – via The Guardian.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.firstthings.com/article/2022/02/workism-isnt-working">"Workism Isn't Working | Michael Toscano"</a>. <i>First Things</i>.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.welcometothejungle.com/fr/articles/workism-identite-travail-crise-coronavirus">""Workism" : identité et travail, la pandémie a-t-elle rompu le lien ? | Welcome to the Jungle"</a>. <i>www.welcometothejungle.com</i>.</li>
<li>Collins, Luke (February 9, 2023). <a href="https://leffcommunications.com/2023/02/09/the-workism-con-on-gen-z-quiet-quitting-and-work-life-balance/">"The workism con: On Gen Z, quiet quitting, and work-life balance"</a>.</li>
<li>Douthat, Ross (January 27, 2023). <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/opinion/pew-parents.html">"Opinion | Is 'Workism' Dooming Civilization? Notes on the New Pew Parents Study"</a> – via NYTimes.com.</li>
<li>DeRose, Lyman Stone, Laurie (May 5, 2021). <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/what-workism-doing-would-be-parents/618789/">"What Workism Is Doing to Parents"</a>. <i>The Atlantic</i>.{{cite web}}:  CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)</li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Hess, AJ (Apr 4, 2023). "How 'workism' replaced religion". Fast Company. Retrieved Aug 8, 2023. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90875705/how-workism-replaced-religion" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/90875705/how-workism-replaced-religion</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Tracinski, Robert (January 31, 2022). "In Defense of "Workism"". Discourse. <a href="https://www.discoursemagazine.com/ideas/2022/01/31/in-defense-of-workism/" target="_blank">https://www.discoursemagazine.com/ideas/2022/01/31/in-defense-of-workism/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Thompson, Derek (February 24, 2019). "Workism Is Making Americans Miserable". The Atlantic. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Thompson, Derek (February 24, 2019). "Workism Is Making Americans Miserable". The Atlantic. <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/religion-workism-making-americans-miserable/583441/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Griffith, Erin (2019-01-26). "Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-11-25. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/business/against-hustle-culture-rise-and-grind-tgim.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/business/against-hustle-culture-rise-and-grind-tgim.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Lepore, Jill (2021-01-11). "What's Wrong with the Way We Work". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2023-11-25. <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/18/whats-wrong-with-the-way-we-work" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/01/18/whats-wrong-with-the-way-we-work</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"5 Warning Signs You Are Becoming A Work Martyr". HuffPost UK. 2020-01-27. Retrieved 2023-11-25. <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/work-martyr-signs-reality-check_l_5e2b26aec5b67d8874b134c3" target="_blank">https://www.huffpost.com/entry/work-martyr-signs-reality-check_l_5e2b26aec5b67d8874b134c3</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Wilding, Melody (2017). "10 Signs That You've Become a 'Work Martyr 'There's a new type of workaholism: the 'work martyr'". <a href="https://www.inc.com/melody-wilding/watch-for-these-10-signs-of-burn-out-to-know-if-youre-giving-too-much-at-the-off.html" target="_blank">https://www.inc.com/melody-wilding/watch-for-these-10-signs-of-burn-out-to-know-if-youre-giving-too-much-at-the-off.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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