"school refusal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: school refusals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} school refusal (countable and uncountable, plural school refusals)
  1. The refusal of children or teens to go to school because of some sort of emotional distress. This can be caused by separation or social anxiety disorders, depression, or a phobia. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology, Schools Synonyms: school phobia Translations (refusal to go to school): 學校恐懼症 (Chinese Mandarin), 学校恐惧症 (Chinese Mandarin), 学校恐惧症 (xuéxiào kǒngjùzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 校園恐懼症 (Chinese Mandarin), 校园恐惧症 (Chinese Mandarin), 校园恐惧症 (xiàoyuán kǒngjùzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 拒學症 (Chinese Mandarin), 拒学症 (Chinese Mandarin), 拒学症 (jùxuézhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), 懼學症 (Chinese Mandarin), 惧学症 (Chinese Mandarin), 惧学症 (jùxuézhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), koulunkäyntihaluttomuus (Finnish), iskolába járás megtagadása (Hungarian), okul reddi (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-school_refusal-en-noun-OP~hyK~w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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