total rejection

collocation in English

meaningsoftotalandrejection

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total
adjective
uk
/ˈtəʊ.təl/us
/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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rejection
noun
uk
/rɪˈdʒek.ʃən/us
/rɪˈdʒek.ʃən/
the act of refusing to accept, use, or believe someone ...
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(Definition oftotalandrejectionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftotal rejection

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Within such a context, atotalrejectionof relativism seems little more than colonial nostalgia.
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However, the difference was not significant in parasitoids with high egg-loads probably due to a lower number oftotalrejectionencounters.
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His work reflected atotalrejectionof the cosy, the comfortable, and the conventional.
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Teacher ratings of peer rejection were based on a single item "rejected by classmates," with 1 indicating total acceptance and 6 representingtotalrejection.
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There can be no question oftotalrejection.
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It was certainly not the sort of offer which called fortotalrejectionand precipitate strike action.
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There was almosttotalrejectionof the police complaints procedure.
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It represents atotalrejectionof the real meaning of the fifth principle.
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Our members were disappointed by the inadequacy of the award and thetotalrejectionof our claim for a 40-hour week.
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But above all, there should have been atotalrejectionof an unsuccessful, recklessly industrialized agricultural policy.
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In the light of the nation'stotalrejectionof the policies upon which he fought the election, that was a presumptuous claim.
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Of particular note is its adherence to ‘the principles oftotalrejectionof impunity’.
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It is theirtotalrejectionof all of this which has created the problem.
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But the only way we have of protesting is to move thetotalrejectionof this proposal.
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The mother'stotalrejectionof the child caused so many problems that the child became very disturbed.
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In these circumstances, it is not fair for him to allege that there has been atotalrejectionof his proposals.
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I emphasise thetotalrejectionof the idea that one can legislate to make true a falsehood.
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I think that neither euphoria at the human genome project nortotalrejectionof genetically-modified plants is called for.
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One can see the force of that, but it is not atotalrejectionof this proposal.
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There was universal agreement on greater parental involvement with schools and almosttotalrejectionof the proposed means of implementation.
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