rejective

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A teacher's rejective feedback can discourage a student's creativity.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Characterized by rejection; tending to reject or refuse: Describes an attitude, behavior, or stance that involves dismissing, refusing, or not accepting something or someone.
   • Inclined to be dismissive or overcritical: Often implies a negative, critical, or unaccepting disposition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The manager's rejective stance on all new proposals stifled innovation in the department.
  • She received a rejective letter from the university, informing her that her application was not successful.
  • His rejective attitude made it difficult for others to share their honest opinions.

Advanced Usage

• In Psychology/Sociology: Used to describe behaviors or social mechanisms that exclude individuals or ideas.
  • The study examined the rejective behaviors exhibited by in-group members towards outsiders.
• Formal/Technical Contexts: Appears in academic, literary, or technical writing more than in everyday conversation.
  • The committee's report was rejective of the fundamental assumptions underlying the policy.

Variants and Related Words

• Reject (verb): To refuse to accept, consider, or submit to.
  • The board will reject the offer.
• Rejection (noun): The act of rejecting or the state of being rejected.
  • He faced repeated rejection from publishers.
• Rejecter (noun): One who rejects. (Less common)

Synonyms

• Dismissive: Showing indifference or disregard.
• Repudiative: Rejecting as invalid or untrue.
• Unaccepting: Not willing to accept.
• Negative: Expressing or implying denial, refusal, or prohibition.

Antonyms

• Acceptive: Ready or willing to accept.
• Receptive: Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.
• Approving: Showing or feeling acceptance of something.

Related Phrases/Idioms

(Note: "Rejective" itself is not typically used in common idioms. The related verb "reject" is used instead.) - To reject out of hand: To dismiss immediately without consideration. - The idea was rejected out of hand as being impractical.

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Adjective

1. rejecting or tending to reject
   • rejective or overcritical attitudes of disappointed parents