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school refusals

school refusals is the plural of school refusal.

Meaning of school refusal

Noun

school refusal (countable and uncountable, plural school refusals)

  1. The refusal of children or teens to go to school because of some sort of emotional distress. This can be caused by separation or social anxiety disorders, depression, or a phobia.
    Synonyms:
    school phobia

Questions about school refusals

What is school refusals the plural of?
School refusals is the plural of school refusal.

Words near school refusals in the dictionary

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  2. school ports
  3. school psychologist
  4. school psychologists
  5. school refusal
  6. school refusals
  7. school resource officer
  8. school resource officers
  9. school run
  10. school runs
  11. school shark

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Adapted from Wiktionary: school refusals (page history and authors); school refusal (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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