rejectionistn.adj.
/rᵻˈdʒɛkʃn̩ɪst/, /rᵻˈdʒɛkʃnɪst/, U.S. /rəˈdʒɛkʃənəst/, /riˈdʒɛkʃənəst/ A. n.
A person who rejects a proposed policy, spec. a supporter of Palestinian independence who rejects the possibility of a negotiated peace with Israel (cf. Rejection Front n. at rejection n. Compounds 2).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Arab and Middle East politics > [noun] > specific Arab association > adherent of
rejectionist1908
Hezbollahi1981
1908 Western Times (Exeter) 27 Nov. 7/5 The Marquis of Lansdowne pointed out that any attempt to extend the time-limit would probably be held to be a breach of privilege of the Lower House, and this called the waverers to the side of the rejectionists.
1919 Times 25 Aug. 10/6 There is no change in the attitude of the Rejectionists... Senator Knox, at a conference of the War Council of rejectionists,..said..that the safety and welfare of the United States would best be served by complete rejection of the treaty.
1934 N.Y. Times 4 Feb. 2 (headline) Philippine rejectionists demand independence at earlier date.
1975 U.S. News & World Rep. 3 Feb. 39 To punish terrorists and ‘rejectionists’ among Palestinian Arabs.
2005 New Yorker 28 Feb. 45/3 It is no longer possible for Americans to convince such rejectionists to accept their diminished status in Iraq.
B. adj.
Of or relating to rejectionism or rejectionists.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific political theories or doctrines > [adjective] > other political theories or doctrines
radical1783
progressive1830
progressist1843
abstentionist1857
restrictionist1858
communalist1871
mutualistic1874
militant1876
possibilist1881
productivist1892
radical feminist1905
rejectionist1909
minimalist1917
pan-Asian1917
maximalist1918
one-world1919
Eurasian1922
gradualistic1926
Europasian1928
gradualist1931
social revolutionary1931
renovationist1934
restrictivist1936
identitarian1943
cultural Marxist1949
1909 Northern Daily Tel. 6 Nov. 2/4 These rejectionist Peers do not claim that they are acting with the approval of Mr Balfour, Lord Lansdowne, and other accredited leaders of the Conservative party.
1948 R. Bonthius Christian Paths Self-acceptance i. 1 The author..considers the three main pathways to self-acceptance which can be identified in Christian history: the rejectionist, the forensic, and the meliorist.
1976 Guardian 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.
1993 Times 24 Aug. 9/3 In Tuzla, 80 miles north of Sarajevo, rejectionist feeling is also running high.
2004 C. Cobb Ego & Ink xv. 175 I was a sitting duck for guys who were in a rejectionist mode about what had gone on..before.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1908