Word: absenteeism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: ab
sen
tee
ism
Definition: The practice of absenting oneself from the country or district where one's estate is situated.
Morphemes:
Affix: absent
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An absentee; a person who is not there.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ab
Language: la
Decoded: ab
Meaning: away
Affix: sum
Language: la
Decoded: sum
Meaning: to be
Affix: -ee
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ee
Language: fro
Decoded: -ee
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.