empleomania

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish empleomanía.

Noun

empleomania (uncountable)

  1. (in Spanish-speaking countries) The desire to obtain a government job.
    • 1898, The Forum, volume 27, page 159:
      "Do ut des" is the motto of Spanish public life; empleomania is rife to a degree unknown elsewhere; and empleomania is the chief instrument of political corruption.