precrastination
UK/pɹiːˌkɹæstɪˈneɪʃə̆n/US/pɹiːˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
precrastination noun: the completion of a task too quickly or too early for the optimal outcome; the compulsion to act in this way.
Noun
precrastination (usually uncountable, plural precrastinations)
- The completion of a task too quickly or too early for the optimal outcome; the compulsion to act in this way.
- My colleagues and I called this tendency “precrastination.” The term was meant to connote the opposite of procrastination, the tendency to put off until later what you can do right away. Pre-crastination is the tendency to do too soon what might be better done later.2017, David A. Rosenbaum, Knowing Hands: The Cognitive Psychology of Manual Control, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 234
- Lanyun Gong and Cory Potts, the two students with whom I did this work, and I conducted a number of experiments to check our precrastination interpretation.2017, David A. Rosenbaum, Knowing Hands: The Cognitive Psychology of Manual Control, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 234
Examples of precrastination in a sentence
- It is foreseeable that if we do not enjoy the process involved in completing a task, we will choose procrastination or precrastination to minimize the time we need to spend to do a task.2017, Wasif Haq, Interpreting Procrastination; Key to Success, Happiness and Wellness, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN, page 81:
- The precrastination effect is the finding that individuals complete actions earlier to "get it out of the way" (Rosenbaum, Gong, & Potts, 2014).2018, Rachel VonderHaar, “Pre-Crastination Effects in a Prospective Memory Task”, in Illinois State University Research Symposium, volume...
Forms of precrastination
| plural | precrastinations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | pre-crastination |
Origin of precrastination
Blend of pre- + procrastination, q.v.
Words that rhyme with precrastination
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
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- condensation
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- deviation
- excavation
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- formation
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- retardation
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- termination
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- adaptation
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- bifurcation
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- degradation
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- observation
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- vindication
- accumulation
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- appropriation
Questions about precrastination
- What does precrastination mean?
- Precrastination means the completion of a task too quickly or too early for the optimal outcome; the compulsion to act in this way.
- How do you use precrastination in a sentence?
- It is foreseeable that if we do not enjoy the process involved in completing a task, we will choose procrastination or precrastination to minimize the time we need to spend to do a task.
- What part of speech is precrastination?
- Precrastination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce precrastination?
- Precrastination is pronounced /pɹiːˌkɹæstɪˈneɪʃə̆n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of precrastination?
- The plural of precrastination is precrastinations.
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