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REJECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of rejecting something
Example:
his proposals were met with rejection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rejection" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rejection"):
brush-off (a curt or disdainful rejection)
avoidance; dodging; shunning; turning away (deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening)
abandonment; desertion; forsaking (the act of giving something up)
forgoing; forswearing; renunciation (the act of renouncing; sacrificing or giving up or surrendering (a possession or right or title or privilege etc.))
nonacceptance; turndown (the act of refusing an offer)
banishment; proscription (rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone)
displacement (act of removing from office or employment)
Derivation:
reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)
reject (deem wrong or inappropriate)
reject (refuse to accept)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The speech act of rejecting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("rejection" is a kind of...):
speech act (the use of language to perform some act)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rejection"):
renunciation; repudiation (rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid)
rebuff; repulse; snub (an instance of driving away or warding off)
short shrift; summary treatment (a brief and unsympathetic rejection)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(medicine) an immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign
Example:
rejection of the transplanted liver
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("rejection" is a kind of...):
organic phenomenon ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The state of being rejected
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("rejection" is a kind of...):
situation; state of affairs (the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rejection"):
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; disfavour (the state of being out of favor)
censure; exclusion; excommunication (the state of being excommunicated)
reprobation (rejection by God; the state of being condemned to eternal misery in Hell)
Antonym:
acceptance (the state of being acceptable and accepted)
Context examples:
This taste aversion not only induces rejection and avoidance, but also loss of appetite.
(Researchers identify area of the amygdala involved in taste aversion, University of Granada)
The regimen consists of chemotherapy with or without radiation and is intended to kill cancerous cells before the transplantation and to provide immunosuppression to prevent the rejection of the donor's stem cells.
(Allogeneic Conditioning, NCI Thesaurus)
The amygdala’s ‘rejection signal’ was strongest in participants who were more likely to refuse gifts from artificial agents.
(Scientists identify possible source of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ in the brain, University of Cambridge)
Immunosuppression may be deliberately induced with drugs, as in preparation for bone marrow or other organ transplantation, to prevent rejection of the donor tissue.
(Immunosuppression, NCI Dictionary)
It is used both as a test for histocompatibility and in conjunction with other immunosuppressive agents to suppress rejection of grafts or organ transplants.
(Antilymphocyte Serum, NCI Thesaurus)
Immunological rejection of leukemia cells following bone marrow transplantation.
(Graft-vs-Leukemia Effect, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
The study of the immune system and its reaction to pathogens, as well as its malfunctions (autoimmune diseases, allergies, rejection of organ transplants).
(Immunology, NCI Thesaurus)
The medical field that deals with immune diseases, including autoimmune diseases, allergies, rejection of organ transplants and immune deficiency.
(Clinical Immunology, NCI Thesaurus)
Such patients would still be required to take anti-rejection drugs so the ultimate goal is to grow pigs with human ready organs that don't require any medication.
(Scientist Move Closer to Pig-human Organ Transplants, VOA)
Emma could not have desired a more spirited rejection of Mr. Martin's prose.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
