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work ethic

a system of values in which central importance is ascribed to work, or purposeful activity, and to qualities of character believed to be promoted by work

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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