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absenteeism
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Word definitions for absenteeism in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Absenteeism \Ab`sen*tee"ism\, n. The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. habitual absence from work
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1829, from absentee + -ism ; originally in reference to landlords, especially in Ireland ( absentee in this sense is in Johnson's dictionary); reference to pupils or workers is from 1922.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee. (First attested in the early 19 th century.) (R:SOED5: page=9) 2 The practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Absenteeism is a habitual pattern of absence from a duty or obligation . Traditionally, absenteeism has been viewed as an indicator of poor individual performance, as well as a breach of an implicit contract between employee and employer; it was seen as ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He said those benefits include higher productivity, lower turnover, less absenteeism and stronger loyalty from the workforce. ▪ However, employers are probably the main beneficiaries of any reduction in absenteeism . ▪ In the ...
Usage examples of absenteeism.
He publicly chastised the cardinals for absenteeism, luxury, and lascivious life, forbade them to hold or sell plural benefices, prohibited their acceptance of pensions, gifts of money, and other favors from secular sources, ordered the papal treasurer not to pay them their customary half of the revenue from benefices but to use it for the restoration of churches in Rome.
From top to bottom, corruption, absenteeism and featherbedding were rampant.
Gussy, the tickler's already eliminated absenteeism, alcoholism, and aboulia in numerous urban areas—and that's just one letter of the alphabet!
He'd had a great breakfast that morning, had gotten to work early enough to sit and have a second cup of coffee with several of the other supervisors, and had had to face fewer absenteeisms than usual.
He’d had a great breakfast that morning, had gotten to work early enough to sit and have a second cup of coffee with several of the other supervisors, and had had to face fewer absenteeisms than usual.
Berringer had jotted down folksy notes about cramps and heavy periods, advising a consultation with the family physician, there was suddenly concern about the girl's mounting absenteeism.