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A more recent (1996) definition of rejection sensitivity is the tendency to "anxiously expect, readily perceive, and overreact" to social rejection. [54] People differ in their readiness to perceive and react to rejection. [54] The causes of individual differences in rejection sensitivity are not well understood.
Rejection, or the verb reject, may refer to: Social rejection, in psychology, an interpersonal situation that occurs when a person or group of people exclude an individual from a social relationship; Transplant rejection, in medicine, the immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in a transplantation
[10] [11] Democratic decline involves the weakening of democratic institutions, such as the peaceful transition of power or free and fair elections, or the violation of individual rights that underpin democracies, especially freedom of expression. [12] [13] Democratic backsliding is the opposite of democratization.
It bore the neutral meaning of decay, decrease, or decline until the late 19th century, when the influence of new theories of social degeneration contributed to its modern meaning. The idea that a society or institution is declining is called declinism .
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Members may decline to vote, in committee or on the floor, on any matter which they believe would be a conflict of interest. [7] An example of a conflict was when Senator Mitch McConnell abstained when his wife Elaine Chao was nominated to positions that needed to be confirmed by the Senate; the most recent was on January 31, 2017 when Chao was ...
Decline may refer to: Decadence, involves a perceived decay in standards, morals, dignity, religious faith, or skill over time "Decline" (song), 2017 song by Raye and ...
And that masked how steep the decline was for Starbucks last quarter: Total transactions at North American stores open at least a year fell 6% in the quarter. That was offset, in part, by higher ...