rejectionist
1
7.9
- noun
- /rɪˈdʒɛkʃənɪst/
:
rechazador
- Yet by setting a fixed deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops without affirming any strategic commitment to Afghanistan after 2014, the administration gave rejectionists an incentive to wait out the storm rather than compromise.
- Palestinian rejectionists
Examples
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Without a vision of what a final settlement would entail, however, Oslo merely gave rejectionists on both sides time to mobilize.
Academic text (2003) -
To emphasize the importance of context and location is to necessarily acknowledge the importance of their multiplicities and relationships; and because of this essential fact, a myopic rejectionist would make a very poor literary nationalist indeed.
Academic text (2011) -
The Arab world is alone in the world in the near monopoly of dictatorships since generations of rejectionists argued that only authoritarian governments could defeat Israel and expel Western influence.
Academic text (2007) -
Its 1992/93 budget formally allots $20 million for Palestinian rejectionists, and Hamas, the fundamentalist Palestinian group, has opened an "embassy" in Tehran.
Academic text (1994) -
His allusions to "rejectionists," "traitors," and "agents of the Americans" were clearly intended to justify al Qaeda's policy of targeting Iraq's Shiites.
Academic text (2006) -
Israel's decision in December 1992 to yield to public opinion and expel more than four hundred members of the Hamas faction of Palestinians only strengthens the hand of rejectionists.
Academic text (1994) -
The rejectionist refused to consider any compromises proposed during the negotiations.
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As a rejectionist, she openly opposed the new policy changes suggested by the committee.
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In discussions about the proposed reforms, the rejectionist voiced her strong objections without offering alternatives.
Synonyms
42
6.5
A person who is against a policy, action, or idea
28
7.0
A person who often says that plans or ideas will not work
22
7.2
A person who disagrees with common ideas or with those in charge
8
8.6
A person who wants society to go back to how it was and opposes change
6
6.2
A person who opposes authority or control
2
4.5
A person who speaks out against a plan or idea
1
6.7
A person who does not do, accept, or agree to something
1
8.4
A person who strongly holds their own beliefs and does not listen to other views
1
4.0
A person who refuses to accept an idea or plan
1
5.7
A person or machine that removes things judged unwanted
A person who opposes changes in politics or society
A person who does not like change and new ideas
A person who always refuses requests and acts against suggestions
Someone who rejects people or ideas with strong dislike
A person who says no to an invitation or offer
Antonyms
How Willing
3
4.8
85
4.6
563
3.0
907
2.1
1
7.9
19
7.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rejectionist comes from reject, made of re- 'back' and ject 'throw'. So a rejectionist is someone who 'throws back' proposals, in other words a person who refuses to accept or agree with changes.