procrastination
nounUK /pɹəʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ · CA, US /pɹoʊˌkɹæs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Etymology From Middle French procrastination, from Latin prōcrāstinātiō, from prōcrāstinō (“procrastinate”), from prō + crāstinus (“of tomorrow”), from crās (“tomorrow”).
1
Usually The act of postponing, delaying or putting off, especially habitually or intentionally.
- Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals until all are fled.1742, [Edward Young], “Night the First”, in The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley […], →OCLC:
- Synonyms
- deferral, prolongation
- Antonyms
- precrastination
- Derived terms
- bedtime procrastination, cryocrastination, overprocrastination, procrastination is the thief of time, procrasturbation
- Related terms
- procrastinate