Meanings
nountruancy (countable and uncountable, plural truancies)
plural truancies
- countableuncountableThe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.
Synonyms: beaking, bunking, bobbing, cutting class, dipping, ditching, dogging, going on the hop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties, especially from attending school.
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Origin
Translations
Afrikaans stokkiesdraaiery
- stokkiesdraaierythe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Bulgarian кръшкане
- кръшкане (krăškane)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Catalan absentisme
- absentismethe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Chinese Mandarin 逃學 /逃学, 曠課 /旷课
- 逃學 /逃学 (táoxué)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- 曠課 /旷课 (kuàngkè)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Czech záškoláctví, chození za školu
- záškoláctvíthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- chození za školuthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Danish pjækken, fravær
- pjækkenthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- fraværthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Dutch spijbelen, schoolverzuim
- spijbelenthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- schoolverzuimthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Finnish pinnaaminen, lintsaaminen
- pinnaaminenthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- lintsaaminenthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- rokulithe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
French absentéisme
- absentéismethe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
German Schwänzen, Schwänzerei
- Schwänzenthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- Schwänzereithe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- Schulverweigerungthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- Schulschwänzenthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- Absentismusthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- Schulvermeidungthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- Bummelantentumthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- Versäumenthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- Schulversäumnisthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- Schulschwänzereithe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Greek σκασιαρχείο, φυγοπονία
- σκασιαρχείο (skasiarcheío)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- φυγοπονία (fygoponía)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Hungarian lógás, iskolakerülés
- lógásthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- iskolakerülésthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Italian assenteismo
- assenteismothe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Japanese 不登校, 登校拒否
- 不登校 (futokō)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- 登校拒否 (tōkō kyohi)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Korean 무단 결석
- 무단 결석 (mudan gyeolseog)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Norwegian Bokmål skulking
- skulkingthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Polish wagarowanie, wagary
- wagarowaniethe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- wagarythe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Portuguese absentismo, falta
- absentismothe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- faltathe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Russian прогу́л
- прогу́л (progúl)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Spanish diábetes, ausentismo
- diábetesthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
- ausentismothe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Swedish skolk
- skolkthe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Ukrainian прогу́л
- прогу́л (prohúl)the act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Welsh triwantiaeth
- triwantiaeththe act of shirking from responsibilities and duties
Cite this entry
APA
truancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truancy
MLA
“truancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “truancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/truancy.
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