absenteeship

English

Etymology

absentee +‎ -ship

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.sn̩ˈti.ʃɪp/

Noun

absenteeship (plural absenteeships)

  1. (rare) Absenteeism, in particular related to landowners. [First attested in the late 18th century.][1]

References
  1. Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absenteeship”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
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