procrastination

procrastination
Synonyms and related words:
Fabian policy, Micawberism, a wise passiveness, backwardness, contemplation, contemplative life, continuation, culpa, culpable negligence, dalliance, dallying, dawdling, default, dereliction, dilatoriness, dillydallying, disregard, do-nothing policy, do-nothingism, do-nothingness, dormancy, extension, failure, hesitation, hold-off, idleness, immobility, inaction, inactivity, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, indolence, inertia, inertness, laches, lag, lagging, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, laissez-faireism, lapse, laxity, laxness, lengthening, lingering, loitering, lollygagging, looseness, meditation, mugwump, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, neutralism, neutrality, neutralness, nonfeasance, noninterference, noninvolvement, nonparticipation, nonperformance, nonresistance, nonrestriction, nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, omission, overlooking, oversight, pacifism, paralysis, passive resistance, passive self-annihilation, passiveness, passivism, passivity, permissiveness, policy, poor stewardship, prolongation, protraction, quiescence, quietism, remissness, shilly-shallying, slackness, slight, slowness, stagnancy, stagnation, stall, standpattism, stasis, tarrying, temporization, unrigorousness, vegetation, vita contemplativa, waiting game, watching and waiting

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  • Procrastination — is a type of behavior which is characterized by deferment of actions or tasks to a later time. Psychologists often cite procrastination as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision. [ Cite …   Wikipedia

  • procrastination — [ prɔkrastinasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XVIe; du lat. procrastinatio, de pro et crastinus « du lendemain » ♦ Littér. Tendance à tout remettre au lendemain, à ajourner, à temporiser. « Mon indécision, ma “procrastination”, comme disait Saint Loup » (Proust).… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Procrastination — Pro*cras ti*na tion, n. [L. procrastinatio: cf. F. procrastination.] The act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off to a future time; delay; dilatoriness. [1913 Webster] Procrastination is the thief of time. Young. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Procrastination — Procrastination, lat. deutsch, Vertagung …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • procrastination — index cessation (interlude), deferment, delay, laches, neglect, pause Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • procrastination — (n.) 1540s, from L. procrastinationem a putting off, noun of action from pp. stem of procrastinare put off till tomorrow, from pro forward (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + crastinus belonging to tomorrow, from cras tomorrow, of unknown origin …   Etymology dictionary

  • Procrastination — Cet article concerne la notion de psychologie. Pour le livre portant ce titre, voir Procrastination (Disque monde). La procrastination, du latin pro et crastinus qui signifie « demain »[1], est la tendance à remettre systématiquement au …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Procrastination — Aufschieben (auch Prokrastination, Aufschiebeverhalten, Handlungsaufschub) ist eine Bezeichnung für das Verhalten von Menschen, das Erledigen notwendiger, aber unangenehmer Dinge immer wieder zu verschieben. Das Phänomen des Aufschiebens berührt… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • procrastination — noun /pɹəʊ̆ˌkɹæstɪˈneɪʃə̆n/ The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness. Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled …   Wiktionary

  • procrastination — see procrastination is the thief of time …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • procrastination — procrastinate ► VERB ▪ delay or postpone action. DERIVATIVES procrastination noun procrastinator noun. ORIGIN Latin procrastinare defer till the morning …   English terms dictionary

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