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REJECTIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Rejecting or tending to reject

Example:

rejective or overcritical attitudes of disappointed parents

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dismissive (stopping to associate with)

repudiative (rejecting emphatically; e.g. refusing to pay or disowning)

Antonym:

acceptive (inclined to accept rather than reject)

Derivation:

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

reject (reject with contempt)

reject (deem wrong or inappropriate)

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