procrastination

procrastination
n
1. delay, postponement, deferment, deferral; adjournment, suspension, abeyance, moratorium, prorogation; dilatoriness, prevention, forestallment, forestalling, Law. laches; obstruction, blockage, blocking, avoidance, evasion; temporiza-tion, play for time, U.S. Cong. filibuster or filibustering; dilatory tactics, waiting game, time-out.
2. vacillation, hesitation; delaying, dawdling, dalliance, dillydallying, idling, Inf. footdragging; shirking, loafing, Inf. sleeping on the job; neglect, laxity, disre-gardance, default, omission.
3. prolongation, protraction, retarding, retardation, shelving, deferring, pigeonholing, waiving; tardiness, lateness, cunctation, slowness.

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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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