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absenteeism|æbsənˈtiːɪz(ə)m|
[f. absentee + -ism.]
a. The practice of being an absentee, or of absenting oneself from duty or station. esp. The habit of landlords who live away, or in a foreign country, or otherwise at a distance from their estates.
1829Gen. Thompson Absenteeism in Westm. Rev. Jan. Exerc. (1842) I. 55 The only permanent effect of any given quantity of absenteeism, is to make Ireland a smaller Ireland. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) IV. iii. 34 There was a talk of forbidding absenteeism of clergy from their benefices. 1877Wallace Russia vii. 109 The prevailing absenteeism among the landlords.
b. spec., in industry, the repeated absence of employees; in schools, of the pupils.
1922J. D. Hackett in Management Engineering Feb. 1 (sub-heading) Absenteeism. 1941Punch 3 Sept. 201 Committee on National Production..we shall do our best to decrease absenteeism during the coming winter. 1957Observer 8 Sept. 1/7 Absenteeism was a factor with such a direct and devastating effect on performance that it could destroy the fruits of the technical advance into which the industry [coalmining] was putting so much effort. 1957Oxford Mail 25 Sept. 1/9 Schools in Oxford City have so far been unaffected, and it was stated today that there is no undue absenteeism for this time of year. |