Resistance
Definition of Resistance
- 1. The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with Noun
- 2. Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion Noun
- 3. A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms Noun
- 4. The military action of resisting the enemy's advance Noun
- 5. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease Noun
- 6. The capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents Noun
- 7. A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force Noun
- 8. The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) Noun
- 9. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness Noun
- 10. An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current Noun
- 11. Group action in opposition to those in power Noun
Synonyms for word "resistance"
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Semanticaly linked words with "resistance"
- action
- lockout
- reaction
- anti-takeover defense
- friction
- rubbing
- mechanical phenomenon
- acoustic impedance
- acoustic reactance
- acoustic resistance
- drag
- retarding force
- electrical phenomenon
- ohmage
- action
- military action
- armed forces
- armed services
- military
- military machine
- war machine
- medical specialty
- medicine
- condition
- status
- immunogenicity
- acquired immunity
- innate immunity
- natural immunity
- capability
- capacity
- revolutionary group
- maquis
- bacteria
- bacterium
- deadness
- unresponsiveness
- involuntariness
- unwillingness
- psychiatry
- psychological medicine
- psychopathology
- ballast
- ballast resistor
- barretter
- circuit
- electric circuit
- electrical circuit
- electrical device
- potential divider
- voltage divider
- rheostat
- variable resistor
- group action
- confrontation
- opposition
- sales resistance
- defiance
- contravention
- dispute
- obstructionism
- dissent
- objection
- protest
- rebellion
- insubordination
- rebelliousness