Burnout is multidimensional, not simply tiredness.

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Maslach and Leiter describe burnout through three interrelated dimensions: exhaustion, cynicism or detachment, and reduced professional efficacy.

This does not mean that every form of exhaustion, chronic stress, or non-occupational strain should be labeled burnout.

The source is used narrowly to distinguish burnout from simple tiredness. Chapter 1 places that bounded construct inside a broader authorial account of compensation, identity, recovery, and operating cost.

Supported by appropriate human studies, major reviews, trials, cohort research, or converging evidence. The strength of the category does not remove population, dose, timing, or context limitations.

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This claim connects to the following parts of the Human OS architecture. The module labels locate the claim inside the framework; they do not imply that the research source validates the architecture itself.