Research revealed that the same high truancy levels were to be found in every inner city district.
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Truancy
Synonyms for "truancy" (70 found)
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Noun(16 words)
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42 translations across 22 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dərsburaxma noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- işburaxma noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Bulgarian
1 entries- кръшкане noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Catalan
1 entries- absentisme noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 曠課 /旷课 noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- 逃學 /逃学 noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Czech
2 entries- chození za školu noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- záškoláctví noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Danish
2 entries- fravær noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- pjækken noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Dutch
2 entries- schoolverzuim noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- spijbelen noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Finnish
3 entries- lintsaaminen noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- pinnaaminen noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- rokuli noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
French
1 entries- absentéisme noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
German
4 entries- Absentismus noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- Bummelantentum noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- Schulschwänzen noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- Schulschwänzerei noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Greek
2 entries- σκασιαρχείο noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- φυγοπονία noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Hungarian
2 entries- iskolakerülés noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- lógás noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Italian
1 entries- assenteismo noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Japanese
2 entries- 不登校 noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- 登校拒否 noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- skulking noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Polish
2 entries- wagarowanie noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
- wagary noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Portuguese
1 entries- absentismo noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Russian
1 entries- прогу́л noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Spanish
1 entries- diábetes noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Swedish
1 entries- skolk noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прогу́л noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Welsh
1 entries- triwantiaeth noun (the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
We are concerned about the further actualization of current problems among youth, such as truancy, dislike of school and lack of appropriate character development.
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Likewise Bronner notes that the 'irrational' sameness of school procedure for all pupils often leads to "serious loss of interest in school work, discouragement, truancy, and disciplinary problems."
Source: tatoeba (11901901)
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