Brainwork

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Work done with the brain; mental effort. uncountable

    "http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100011h.html But not more comfortable than we need, I can tell you, comrades, with all the brainwork we have to do nowadays."

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Example

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"I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for?"

Etymology

From brain + work.

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