rejecting (noun)

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• rejection — noun 1. the act of rejecting something (Freq. 5) his proposals were met with rejection • Derivationally related forms: ↑reject • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑deed, ↑human action, ↑human activity …   Useful english dictionary

• Eastern Orthodox Church — noun derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites • Syn: ↑Orthodox Church, ↑Orthodox Catholic Church, ↑Eastern Church, ↑Eastern Orthodox • Members of this Topic: ↑canonization, ↑canonisation, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Sadducee — noun Etymology: Middle English saducee, from Old English sadduce, from Late Latin sadducaeus, from Greek saddoukaios, from Late Hebrew ṣāddūqi Date: before 12th century a member of a Jewish party of the intertestamental period consisting of a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Quaker — noun a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement devoted to peaceful principles and rejecting both formal ministry and all set forms of worship. Derivatives Quakerish adjective Quakerism noun Origin from quake + er1, perh.… …   English new terms dictionary

• positivism — noun Philosophy 1》 a philosophical system (especially as postulated by the French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798–1857)) recognizing only that which can be scientifically verified or which is capable of logical or mathematical proof, and… …   English new terms dictionary

• purism — noun 1》 scrupulous observance of traditional rules or structures, especially in language or style. 2》 (Purism) an early 20th century artistic style and movement rejecting cubism and emphasizing purity of geometric form and the representation of… …   English new terms dictionary

• nude mouse — noun a mouse with a genetic defect that prevents them from growing hair and also prevents them from immunologically rejecting human cells and tissues; widely used in preclinical trials • Hypernyms: ↑mouse * * * noun : a mouse of a hairless strain …   Useful english dictionary

• Reform Jew — noun liberal Jew who tries to adapt all aspects of Judaism to modern circumstances • Hypernyms: ↑Jew, ↑Hebrew, ↑Israelite • Member Holonyms: ↑Reform Judaism * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized R&J : an adherent of Reform Judai …   Useful english dictionary

• line-item veto — noun : the power of a government executive to veto specific items in an appropriations bill without vetoing the bill altogether * * * noun [singular] US : a power that allows a president, governor, etc., to officially reject specific parts of a… …   Useful english dictionary

• luxury — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Middle English luxurie, from Anglo French luxorie, from Latin luxuria rankness, luxury, excess; akin to Latin luxus luxury, excess Date: 14th century 1. archaic lechery, lust 2. a condition of abundance or great ease …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• power function — noun Date: 1957 1. a function of a parameter under statistical test whose value for a particular value of the parameter is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis if that value of the parameter happens to be true 2. a function (as f(x) …   New Collegiate Dictionary