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prerejection

prerejection adjective: prior to rejection.

Adjective

prerejection (not comparable)

  1. Prior to rejection.
    • These prerejection and postrejection communications were then rated by trained, independent judges along a number of dimensions designed to reflect the child's strategy for attaining acceptance and to reveal alterations in strategy.1981, Steven R. Asher, John Mordechai Gottman, The development of children's friendships, page 331

Origin of prerejection

From pre- + rejection.

Questions about prerejection

What does prerejection mean?
Prerejection means prior to rejection.
What part of speech is prerejection?
Prerejection is an adjective.

Words near prerejection in the dictionary

  1. preregular
  2. preregulation
  3. prerehabilitation
  4. prerehearsal
  5. prerehearsals
  6. prerejection
  7. prerelapse
  8. prerelationship
  9. prerelax
  10. prerelaxed
  11. prerelaxes

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