单词 | rejection |
释义 | rejection (once / 1170 pages) 1n 2n The noun rejection can refer to the actual act of rejecting something or to the feeling one has after being rejected. In other words, you might have feelings of rejection after experiencing the rejection of others. The Latin noun rēicere, which means "to throw back," is the ancestor of the word rejection. Nobody likes to feel the rejection of being excluded. The word rejection became popular in psychology in 1931, when parental rejection was seen as a motivation of bad behavior in children. The word found a medical meaning by 1943, as the body's refusal to accept a transplant. WORD FAMILYrejection: rejections+/reject: rejected, rejecting, rejection, rejective, rejects USAGE EXAMPLESWe believe that a rejection of peace and the promotion of settlements are also bad for Israel. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Rejection from a prestigious art academy in Japan strengthened his resolve to gain recognition for his individualized approach. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) The obstacle is Palestinian rejection of Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state in any borders. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n the act of rejecting something his proposals were met with rejection Exp|Hypo|Hyper Babylonian Captivity the deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC brush-off a curt or disdainful rejection avoidance, dodging, shunning, turning awaydeliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening abandonment, desertion, forsakingthe act of giving something up forgoing, forswearing, renunciationthe act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.) nonacceptance, turndownthe act of refusing an offer banishment, proscriptionrejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone displacementact of removing from office or employment aversion, avertingthe act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away escapean avoidance of danger or difficulty near thingsomething that barely avoids failure or disaster exposureabandoning without shelter or protection (as by leaving as infant out in the open) apostasy, tergiversationthe act of abandoning a party for cause bolta sudden abandonment (as from a political party) forsaking, giving upthe act of forsaking abnegation, denial, self-abnegation, self-denial, self-renunciationrenunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others anathematisation, anathematizationthe formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed disbarmentthe act of expelling a lawyer from the practice of law ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddancethe act of forcing out someone or something deportation, exile, expatriation, transportationthe act of expelling a person from their native land excision, excommunicationthe act of banishing a member of a church from the communion of believers and the privileges of the church; cutting a person off from a religious society relegationmild banishment; consignment to an inferior position rusticationbanishment into the country act, deed, human action, human activity something that people do or cause to happen 2n the state of being rejected Ant|Hypo|Hyper acceptance the state of being acceptable and accepted apostasy, defection, renunciation the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes) disfavor, disfavourthe state of being out of favor censure, exclusion, excommunicationthe state of being excommunicated reprobationrejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell wilderness(politics) a state of disfavor situation, state of affairs the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time 3n the speech act of rejecting 2Hypo|Hyper renunciation, repudiation rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid rebuff, repulse, snuban instance of driving away or warding off short shrift, summary treatmenta brief and unsympathetic rejection disclaimer(law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something disowning, disownmentrefusal to acknowledge as one's own speech act the use of language to perform some act n (medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign rejection of the transplanted liver Hyper organic phenomenon (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals |
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