Resistance - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |rɪˈzɪstəns|  American pronunciation of the word resistance
Brit.  |rɪˈzɪst(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word resistance

noun

- the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with (syn: opposition)
he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens
- any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
- a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms (syn: impedance, resistivity)
- the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
the enemy offered little resistance
- (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease (syn: immunity)
- 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
- a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force (syn: underground)
- the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
- (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
- an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current (syn: resistor)
- group action in opposition to those in power

Extra examples

They have shown a stubborn resistance to change.

The troops met heavy resistance as they approached the city.

The paint shows good weather resistance.

Over time the patient could develop a resistance to the drug.

The no-smoking policy was introduced with little resistance from staff.

Rebel gunmen have put up strong resistance.

The church hierarchy faced resistance to some of their decisions.

...the nucleus of the movement's methodology has always been passive resistance...

They ruthlessly extinguished all resistance.

...her heterodox approach to teaching science initially met with some resistance from her peers...

The area became a locus of resistance to the government.

We have been guilty of parochialism, of resistance to change.

She made the point that further resistance was useless.

They took the position that further resistance would be useless.

Being taken by surprise, they were totally unprepared for resistance.

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