Associations to the word «Absenteeism»

Wiktionary

ABSENTEEISM, noun. The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee. [First attested in the early 19th century.]
ABSENTEEISM, noun. The practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

Dictionary definition

ABSENTEEISM, noun. Habitual absence from work.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky