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bedtime procrastination

bedtime procrastination noun: a failure of self-regulation wherein one fails to go to bed at the intended time, despite no external circumstances preventing one from doing so.

Noun

bedtime procrastination (uncountable)

  1. A failure of self-regulation wherein one fails to go to bed at the intended time, despite no external circumstances preventing one from doing so.

Origin of bedtime procrastination

Coined by Dutch researcher Floor M. Kroese in 2014.

Words formed from bedtime procrastination

  • revenge bedtime procrastination

Questions about bedtime procrastination

What does bedtime procrastination mean?
Bedtime procrastination means a failure of self-regulation wherein one fails to go to bed at the intended time, despite no external circumstances preventing one from doing so.
What part of speech is bedtime procrastination?
Bedtime procrastination is a noun.

Words near bedtime procrastination in the dictionary

  1. bedtick
  2. bedticking
  3. bedtickings
  4. bedticks
  5. bedtime
  6. bedtime procrastination
  7. bedtime stories
  8. bedtime story
  9. bedtimes
  10. bedtop
  11. bedtops

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