rejectionist

American  

[ri-jek-shuh-nist] / rɪˈdʒɛk ʃə nɪst /

noun

1. an Arab leader or country that opposes accommodation or compromise in negotiations with Israel.

2. any person or group that refuses to compromise in a dispute.

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adjective

1. of or relating to rejectionists.

Other Word Forms

• rejectionism noun

Etymology

Origin of rejectionist

First recorded in 1975–80; rejection + -ist

Example Sentences

In time, the prince stepped back from his more pugilistic policies, while geopolitics, energy concerns and a turbulent Middle East forced Biden to moderate his rejectionist stance.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2025

"It remains active and dangerous, particularly if it is able, by positioning itself as the sole pure rejectionist group in Afghanistan, to recruit disaffected Taliban and other militants to swell its ranks," the UN said.

From Reuters • Sep. 23, 2021

A rejectionist county clerk in Kentucky is being sued.

From Economist • Aug. 6, 2015

Boko Haram, which loosely translated means “Western education is forbidden,” started in 2002 as a rejectionist religious group that sought salvation in a fundamentalist reading of Islamic law.

From Time • Apr. 14, 2015

He even seems willing to accept the happy ending that Vargas Llosa offers, one that invites this old rejectionist to remain, like the author, a fish in the water.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 9, 2015