procrastination
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- noun
- /prəˌkræstəˈneɪʃən/
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procrastinación
- His procrastination in submitting the report resulted in a last-minute rush to finish it.
- academic procrastination
- procrastination behavior
- procrastination tendencies
What is the actual fear that's underlying the procrastination?
- What is the actual fear that's underlying the procrastination?
- So it was kind of like productive procrastination.
- And it was a whole procrastination, fear based path.
- My writing process, it starts off with a procrastination.
Examples
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So, procrastination is really just a bad habit that stems from a desire to not fail.
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Regardless of possible mechanisms, recent studies confirm the negative impact procrastination has on academic work habits and performance.
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If you could fix procrastination, what would your life be like?
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I have a procrastination problem.
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Procrastination is the thief of time, David.
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Rose, procrastination won't help you!
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The results suggest that time management training is helpful in lessening worry and procrastination at work.
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Empirical studies on time management and procrastination in a work-related context are scarce.
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Also, after school, studying makes homework a one-hour job instead of a four-hour procrastination period.
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Scher and Osterman (2002) define procrastination as an important obstacle for academic achievement.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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A delay that makes an event or activity happen later than planned
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A delay that lets something happen at a later time
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A delay that moves an event or decision to a later time
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Slow, unnecessary movement or delay that wastes time
Putting off doing something you should do now
A habit of delaying tasks until later
A habit of putting things off and acting slowly
Delaying making a decision or starting something
Delaying action to gain time and avoid making a decision
Antonyms
How Soon
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Surface Forms
Morphology
procrastination = procrastinate (transparent) = procrastinate + ion
Standard nominalization of the verb 'procrastinate' by '-ion'; the noun denotes the act or state of delaying.
Etymology
Procrastination comes from the Latin parts pro- and crastinus, from cras meaning 'tomorrow'. Think of it as doing things 'for tomorrow' — putting tasks off — so procrastination means delaying or postponing what you should do now.