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/ɹɪsˈɪstəns/
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[ US /ɹiˈzɪstəns, ɹɪˈzɪstəns/ ]
[ US /ɹiˈzɪstəns, ɹɪˈzɪstəns/ ]
NOUN
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the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens - the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
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the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
the enemy offered little resistance - any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
- group action in opposition to those in power
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
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the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog - (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
How To Use resistance In A Sentence
- Chartists at once organized resistance to what they called the usurpation and, after a long civil war, were successful. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
- So the lands of the dismembered Yugoslav state became not only the scene of Europe's greatest resistance struggle, but also one of its bloodiest civil wars.
- The Communists vastly exaggerated their own Resistance role in order to attract postwar political support.
- Tanks often attacked the outskirts of the city in skirmishes with resistance fighters, adding to the chaos and unrest.
- Less genetic diversity means less resistance to pests, diseases and climate changes.
- There is no reference to the recent critical analyses of management use of, and employee resistance to, the mobilization of feelings.
- The Virgin and Santa Clara rivers snake easily between flat-topped mesas, following paths of least resistance.
- The only factor preventing major incursions into treasured civil liberties is the resistance of the population at large - and, for the moment at least, the public appear to be acquiescing in the government's plans.
- The multilayered structure of power may thwart and complicate resistance. The Times Literary Supplement
- Similarly, the exaction of stiff reprisals for unexpected attacks on troops remote from the fighting front might cow the local population, or might stimulate them to more aggressive resistance.