Meanings
- CanadaUSslanguncountableA tendency of seniors in high school or college to skip class or slack off due to a desire to move on, or because they have already been accepted by a college and their further academic performance is no longer as relevant.
I don't know, but "senioritis" is real, as I discovered in my senior year. Senioritis is a frame of mind particular to high-school seniors.
1984, W. Dean Memering, Frank O'Hare, The Writer's Work: Guide to Effective Composition - Page 1212 more examples
And right now she has a raging case of senioritis. […] Whether you call it senioritis or senior slump, there's no disguising the collective sigh of relief […]
2003, Barbara Cooke, Carleton Kendrick, Take Out Your Nose Ring, Honey, We're Going to Grandma's: Hanging In ... - Page 111I worked hard my senior year, something that was particularly difficult due to the senioritis that many others were feeling. But it paid off!
2007, Vault Editors, The College Buzz Book - Page 336
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Translations
Spanish señoritismo
- señoritismoTranslations
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senioritis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/senioritis
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