Senioritis

Quick meaning: Senioritis is a noun meaning (US, Canada, slang) A 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.

Meaning

(US, Canada, slang) A 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.

Example Sentences

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.

I worked hard my senior year, something that was particularly difficult due to the senioritis that many others were feeling. But it paid off!

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 […]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include junioritis, schoolitis, senilism, dotage, senescence, aging.

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