rejective
Definition
- 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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