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REJECTIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rejective mean?
• REJECTIVE (adjective)
The adjective REJECTIVE has 1 sense:
1. rejecting or tending to reject
Familiarity information: REJECTIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rejecting or tending to reject
Context example:
rejective or overcritical attitudes of disappointed parents
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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