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rejection sensitivity

rejection sensitivity noun: a tendency to feel deep anxiety and humiliation at the slightest rebuff.

Noun

rejection sensitivity (uncountable)

  1. A tendency to feel deep anxiety and humiliation at the slightest rebuff.

Questions about rejection sensitivity

What does rejection sensitivity mean?
Rejection sensitivity means a tendency to feel deep anxiety and humiliation at the slightest rebuff.
What part of speech is rejection sensitivity?
Rejection sensitivity is a noun.

Words near rejection sensitivity in the dictionary

  1. rejection nucleus
  2. rejection region
  3. rejection regions
  4. rejection sampling
  5. rejection samplings
  6. rejection sensitivity
  7. rejection sensitivity dysphoria
  8. rejection slip
  9. rejection slips
  10. rejectional
  11. rejectionism

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