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absenteism

absenteism is the alternative spelling of absenteeism.

Meaning of absenteeism

Noun

absenteeism (countable and uncountable, plural absenteeisms)

  1. The state of being absent, especially frequently or without good reason; the practice of an absentee.
    • The value of having in-house medical expertise is that staff with poor attendance records who have difficulty accessing NHS services can receive support from their employer, to help reduce absenteeism brought about by medical conditions.2023 December 13, 'Industry Insider', “Delivering a robust timetable”, in RAIL, number 998, page 68
  2. The practice of absenting oneself from the country or district where one's estate is situated.

Forms of absenteism

pluralabsenteisms

Origin of absenteism

From absentee + -ism.

Questions about absenteism

What is absenteism the alternative spelling of?
Absenteism is the alternative spelling of absenteeism.

Words near absenteism in the dictionary

  1. absenteeist
  2. absenteeists
  3. absentees
  4. absenteeship
  5. absenteeships
  6. absenteism
  7. absenteisms
  8. absenter
  9. absenters
  10. absentest
  11. absenteth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: absenteism (page history and authors); absenteeism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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