rejectionist
/rɪˈdʒɛkʃ(ə)nɪst
/noun
A person who rejects a proposed policy, in particular a supporter of Palestinian independence who rejects the possibility of a negotiated peace with Israel: the rejectionists want the agreement to fail at all costs...
- It was a speech of encouragement to the rejectionists on both sides.
- These republican rejectionists may commit violent crimes, which unionist rejectionists will seize on to delay political progress.
- We need creative builders, not mere reformers or rejectionists, in order to build something new.
adjective
Rejecting a proposed policy: rejectionist groups a rejectionist agenda...
- Most likely, however, Britain would be joined in a rejectionist lobby by several other states not belonging to the original, core European community of France, Germany, Italy and Benelux.
- Rejectionist politicians argued Greek Cypriots would receive a full restoration of property lost in 1974 if they just "hung tough."
- "These attacks, whether by rejectionist loyalists or dissident republicans, are attacks on the peace process and must be condemned in the most forthright and unequivocal terms."
