workaholic

Japanese: workaholic
workaholic

...This phenomenon was sometimes considered a serious case of the "affluent society" syndrome or the disease of developed countries. On the other hand, critical terms such as "workaholic" and "job holocaust" were used to refer to the excessively diligent work attitude. However, what is noteworthy is that regardless of the difference in the perspective from which this abnormality in work ethic was understood, by the 1970s the question of how to "humanize work" and "improve the quality of life" came to be regarded as a common policy issue in developed countries.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "workaholic" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…こうした現象はときに〈豊かな社会〉症候群とか先進国病の重要な症例とかみなされた。他方これとは逆に,過度に勤勉な労働態度を指して働き中毒症workaholic,仕事による人間性の大量殺戮job holocaustといった批判的言辞も用いられた。しかし注目すべきは,こうした労働倫理の変調をいずれの視点から理解するかのちがいを超えて,1970年代になると,〈労働の人間化〉〈生活の質〉の向上をいかに図るかということが,先進工業諸国に共通の政策課題であるとみなされるようになったことである。…

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