| 释义 |
rejectionist|rɪˈdʒɛkʃənɪst|
[f. rejection + -ist.]
An Arab who refuses to accept a negotiated peace with Israel. Also transf. Also attrib. or as adj. Hence reˈjectionism, the policy of a rejectionist.
1976Guardian 2 June 2/2 If Mr Kosygin wants to engineer the format of an Arab ‘rejectionist’ coalition to confront American penetration of the area, he is unlikely to get much encouragement from President Assad. 1976Guardian Weekly 19 Dec. 8/4 Condemned to death by the mainstream Arafat-led guerrilla leadership—‘Fascist’ he calls it—Abu Nidal is Palestinian rejectionism at its most uncompromising. 1977Time 10 Jan. 22/1 Last week a prominent member of the rejectionist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine..and his wife..were found dead in their West Beirut apartment. 1977Listener 18 Aug. 195/1 If..the peace moves collapse..he [sc. King Hussein] will be..helpless in a stormy sea of Arab rejectionism. 1977Times 29 Nov. 15/4 It offends no previously declared principles—except those of the ‘rejectionists’ on both sides. 1979Economist 1 Dec. 14/1 Khomeini would have remained a voice in the wilderness if his austere rejectionist doctrines had not caught the mood of a people whose religion is still young and vigorous. |