brainwork

English

Etymology

From brain +‎ work.

Noun

brainwork (uncountable)

  1. Work done with the brain; mental effort.
    • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
      [1]
      But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays.
    • 2007 March 21, Will Shortz, “A Rush of Excitement, From Filling in Empty Spaces to Completing a Large Loop”, in The New York Times‎[2], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
      Its rules are so simple they can be explained in two sentences, yet the brainwork needed to solve it is quite complex.
    • 2011, Mark Lautman, “Chapter Two: Mitigating Forces”, in When the Boomers Bail: A Community Economic Survival Guide, Paperback Edition, Logan Square Press, Part One: I See Old People, page 25=26:
      Because today's careers are more brainwork, and Boomers are healthier than their ancestors, many will be able to stay on the job.

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