Rejection
noun
The act of not accepting, believing, or considering something.
His proposal met with outright rejection.
Often appears as...
- outright rejection
- rejection letter
noun
The act of not giving someone the love and respect they want.
The child felt rejection when her mother didn't hug her.
Often appears as...
- feel rejection
- fear of rejection
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Disapproving
noun
In medicine, when a person's body fights against a new organ that has been put in their body.
The patient's body showed signs of rejection after the transplant.
Often appears as...
- organ rejection
- transplant rejection
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Technical
noun
The act of not accepting, believing, or considering something.
His proposal met with outright rejection.
Often appears as...
- outright rejection
- rejection letter
noun
The act of not giving someone the love and respect they want.
The child felt rejection when her mother didn't hug her.
Often appears as...
- feel rejection
- fear of rejection
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
In medicine, when a person's body fights against a new organ that has been put in their body.
The patient's body showed signs of rejection after the transplant.
Often appears as...
- organ rejection
- transplant rejection
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Response
Rejection can imply a strong, negative response towards an idea or offer.
Her rejection of the deal was very firm.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Personal
Rejection does not always mean something is wrong with you or your idea; it can be subjective.
Despite the rejection, he knew his invention had potential.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Occurrence
Facing rejection is a normal part of life, especially in competitive situations.
She learned to see each rejection as a step closer to acceptance.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Response
Rejection can imply a strong, negative response towards an idea or offer.
Her rejection of the deal was very firm.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Personal
Rejection does not always mean something is wrong with you or your idea; it can be subjective.
Despite the rejection, he knew his invention had potential.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Occurrence
Facing rejection is a normal part of life, especially in competitive situations.
She learned to see each rejection as a step closer to acceptance.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Response
Rejection can imply a strong, negative response towards an idea or offer.
Her rejection of the deal was very firm.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Personal
Rejection does not always mean something is wrong with you or your idea; it can be subjective.
Despite the rejection, he knew his invention had potential.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Occurrence
Facing rejection is a normal part of life, especially in competitive situations.
She learned to see each rejection as a step closer to acceptance.
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Your elusive creative...
when I first started telling people that I wanted to be a writer, I was met with this same sort of fear-based reaction. And people would say, "Aren't you afraid you're never going to have any success? Aren't you afraid the humiliation of rejection will kill you? Aren't you afraid that you're going to work your whole life at this craft and nothing's ever going to come of it
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The mathematics of love...
That's OK, because you're in your rejection phase, so that's fine, you can reject them. But then imagine the next person to come along is just marginally less boring, dull and terrible than everybody that you've seen before. Now, if you are following the maths, I'm afraid you have to marry them
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Proof: Ed Kashi on the...
of photographers that work with national geographic but what it takes is desire a hunger to learn to see and to capture things the ability to take rejection because we fail almost every day you know it's interesting while we live in a world where it's easy to say that people don't care anymore
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Why I'm done trying to...
I either had to reject embodying any of these qualities or face rejection myself. This is the script that we've been given. Right? Girls are weak, and boys are strong. This is what's being subconsciously communicated to hundreds of millions of young boys and girls all over the world,
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How does heart...
the immune system will also have some response to the new heart. Immunosuppressive drugs can help manage the risk of rejection, but they also leave patients open to contracting dangerous infections. It requires constant monitoring and testing to balance these two concerns.
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What I learned from 100...
I didn't do any of that. All I did was run. I felt, wow, this is like a microcosm of my life. Every time I felt the slightest rejection, I would just run as fast as I could. And you know what? The next day, no matter what happens, I'm not going to run.
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How to practice...
than we do our minds? Why is it that our physical health is so much more important to us than our psychological health? We sustain psychological injuries even more often than we do physical ones, injuries like failure or rejection or loneliness.
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Turning chicken feathers...
we had this brilliant idea but we had to test everything and this is when reality struck us not many people in Bosnia thought the two young girls can know much about this topic so after many rejections after many lights turned off
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Would you raise the bird...
Though chick rejection is a rarer phenomenon, there are some noteworthy examples. While incubating its eggs, the Australian superb fairy-wren sings to them, imparting a unique note that its chicks use as a kind of password.
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Kali The Lioness Finds...
but at what cost safu doesn't take rejection well
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Your elusive creative...
when I first started telling people that I wanted to be a writer, I was met with this same sort of fear-based reaction. And people would say, "Aren't you afraid you're never going to have any success? Aren't you afraid the humiliation of rejection will kill you? Aren't you afraid that you're going to work your whole life at this craft and nothing's ever going to come of it
Video examples
The mathematics of love...
That's OK, because you're in your rejection phase, so that's fine, you can reject them. But then imagine the next person to come along is just marginally less boring, dull and terrible than everybody that you've seen before. Now, if you are following the maths, I'm afraid you have to marry them
Video examples
Proof: Ed Kashi on the...
of photographers that work with national geographic but what it takes is desire a hunger to learn to see and to capture things the ability to take rejection because we fail almost every day you know it's interesting while we live in a world where it's easy to say that people don't care anymore
Video examples
Why I'm done trying to...
I either had to reject embodying any of these qualities or face rejection myself. This is the script that we've been given. Right? Girls are weak, and boys are strong. This is what's being subconsciously communicated to hundreds of millions of young boys and girls all over the world,
Video examples
How does heart...
the immune system will also have some response to the new heart. Immunosuppressive drugs can help manage the risk of rejection, but they also leave patients open to contracting dangerous infections. It requires constant monitoring and testing to balance these two concerns.
Video examples
What I learned from 100...
I didn't do any of that. All I did was run. I felt, wow, this is like a microcosm of my life. Every time I felt the slightest rejection, I would just run as fast as I could. And you know what? The next day, no matter what happens, I'm not going to run.
Video examples
How to practice...
than we do our minds? Why is it that our physical health is so much more important to us than our psychological health? We sustain psychological injuries even more often than we do physical ones, injuries like failure or rejection or loneliness.
Video examples
Turning chicken feathers...
we had this brilliant idea but we had to test everything and this is when reality struck us not many people in Bosnia thought the two young girls can know much about this topic so after many rejections after many lights turned off
Video examples
Would you raise the bird...
Though chick rejection is a rarer phenomenon, there are some noteworthy examples. While incubating its eggs, the Australian superb fairy-wren sings to them, imparting a unique note that its chicks use as a kind of password.
Video examples
Kali The Lioness Finds...
but at what cost safu doesn't take rejection well
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
You didn't have to know anything about show business to appreciate the characters' humor, because at its heart, 'Party Down' was about following dreams, dealing with rejection, and surviving all the lame jobs we've all had to work just to get by in the meantime.
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Al Pacino
American Actor
At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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Fiona Dourif
American Actress
I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.
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Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
You get rejection throughout your life and that shapes you eventually to what you become.
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Aparshakti Khurana
Indian Actor
Failure and rejection are important. Otherwise, you won't value success.
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Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.
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Matt Letscher
American Actor
I've had enough rejection for multiple lifetimes.
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Joey King
American Actress
Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.
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Logan Paul
American Celebrity
Rejection is just a part of life.
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Lauren Bacall
American Actress
Acting is a life of rejection.
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Emily V. Gordon
American Writer
You didn't have to know anything about show business to appreciate the characters' humor, because at its heart, 'Party Down' was about following dreams, dealing with rejection, and surviving all the lame jobs we've all had to work just to get by in the meantime.
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Al Pacino
American Actor
At this point in my career, I don't have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things. My children can make me feel rejected. They can humble you pretty quick.
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Fiona Dourif
American Actress
I feel like, sometimes, when things are just handed to people, in a way, right away, you don't get a sense of what the rejection and the struggle is like that comes along with life.
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Graeme Souness
Scottish Athlete
You get rejection throughout your life and that shapes you eventually to what you become.
Quote examples
Aparshakti Khurana
Indian Actor
Failure and rejection are important. Otherwise, you won't value success.
Quote examples
Marilyn Monroe
American Actress
Sometimes I feel my whole life has been one big rejection.
Quote examples
Matt Letscher
American Actor
I've had enough rejection for multiple lifetimes.
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Joey King
American Actress
Don't get discouraged from all the rejection.
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Logan Paul
American Celebrity
Rejection is just a part of life.
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Lauren Bacall
American Actress
Acting is a life of rejection.
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