Sentence examples for opposite of work from inspiring English sources

In English, "play" is the opposite of "work".

"Play," wrote the German theorist Carl Diem, "is purposeless activity, for its own sake, the opposite of work".

So viewed, leisure is not the opposite of work, it is - as Mark Twain and Aristotle both suggest - something better: the opportunity to work for higher ends.

What's insulting is how Ryan indicates that falling into the social safety net is the opposite of "work" and thus has the opposite effect on one's sense of self.

The opposite of work is a category, relatively new in history, that we are calling "free time", a period cherished for the very fact that it contains no appointments whatsoever.

This conceptualization is supported by Maslach and Leiter's (1997) initial definition of work engagement, which is the opposite of work burnout.

"I didn't always know what was going to happen, which is the opposite of working as a screenwriter, where everything is so plotted".

But writing kids' books was the complete opposite of the work he was doing for Playboy and, maybe for that reason, and with the prodding of a savvy editor, he decided to try his hand at it.

It's the opposite of my working environment and I love it.

Sock puppetry is the opposite of what works".

Mr. Sweeney issued a statement saying Mr. Daley's advocacy of the China trade bill and the North American Free Trade Agreement put him "squarely on the opposite side of working families".