RESISTANCE

Definition:

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

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Related Words:

• lockout
• reaction
• anti-takeover defense
• friction, rubbing
• acoustic resistance, acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance
• drag, retarding force
• ohmage
• acquired immunity
• natural immunity, innate immunity
• Maquis
• ballast resistor, ballast, barretter
• potential divider, voltage divider
• rheostat, variable resistor
• confrontation, opposition
• sales resistance
• defiance
• dispute, contravention
• obstructionism
• protest, objection, dissent
• rebellion
• insubordination, rebelliousness

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