| Sounds | rihzih'stahns; riyzih'stahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with. | |
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| Example | "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens" | |
| Synonym | opposition | |
| Narrower | anti-takeover defense | resistance to or defense / defense against a hostile takeover |
| lockout | A management action resisting employee's demands | |
| reaction | Doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like | |
| Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
| Spanish | oposición, resistencia | |
| Catalan | oposició, resistència | |
| Meaning | Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion / motion. | |
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| Narrower | acoustic resistance, acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance | opposition to the flow of sound through a surface |
| drag, retarding force | The phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid | |
| friction, rubbing | The resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another | |
| Broader | mechanical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion / motion of objects |
| Spanish | resistencia | |
| Catalan | resistència | |
| Meaning | A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms. | |
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| Synonyms | electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistivity, ohmic resistance | |
| Narrower | ohmage | The ohmic resistance of a conductor |
| Broader | electrical phenomenon | A physical phenomenon involving electricity |
| Spanish | impedancia, resistencia eléctrica, resistencia, resistividad | |
| Catalan | impedància, resistivitat | |
| Adjectives | resistive | exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance |
| Meaning | The military action of resisting the enemy's / enemy's advance. | |
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| Example | "the enemy offered little resistance" | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Broader | military action, action | A military engagement |
| Spanish | resistencia | |
| Catalan | resistència | |
| Verbs | resist | stand up or offer resistance / resistance to somebody or something |
| Meaning | (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease. | |
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| Synonym | immunity | |
| Category | medicine, medical specialty | The branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
| Narrower | acquired immunity | immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life |
| immunogenicity | The property of eliciting an immune response | |
| natural immunity, innate immunity | immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup | |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Spanish | inmunidad | |
| Adjectives | resistant | relating to or conferring immunity / immunity (to disease or infection) |
| Meaning | The capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents. | |
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| Example | "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog" | |
| Broader | capability, capacity | The susceptibility of something to a particular treatment |
| Meaning | A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | underground | |
| Narrower | Maquis | The French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II |
| Broader | revolutionary group | A political unit organized to promote revolution |
| Spanish | resistencia | |
| Catalan | resistència | |
| Meaning | The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria). | |
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| Category | bacteria, bacterium | (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission |
| Broader | unresponsiveness, deadness | The quality of being unresponsive |
| Adjectives | resistant | relating to or conferring immunity / immunity (to disease or infection) |
| Meaning | (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness. | |
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| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Broader | unwillingness, involuntariness | The trait of being unwilling |
| Spanish | resistencia | |
| Catalan | resistència | |
| Adjectives | resistant | impervious to being affected |
| Meaning | An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current. | |
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| Synonym | resistor | |
| Part of | circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit | An electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow |
| Narrower | ballast resistor, ballast, barretter | A resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations) |
| potential divider, voltage divider | resistors connected in series across a voltage source | |
| rheostat, variable resistor | resistor for regulating current | |
| Broader | electrical device | A device that produces or is powered by electricity |
| Spanish | resistencia, resistor | |
| Catalan | resistència elèctrica, resistència, resistor | |
| Meaning | group action in opposition to those in power. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | confrontation, opposition | The act of hostile groups opposing each other |
| defiance | A defiant act | |
| dispute, contravention | Coming into conflict / conflict with | |
| insubordination, rebelliousness | An insubordinate act | |
| obstructionism | Deliberate interference | |
| protest, objection, dissent | The act of protesting | |
| rebellion | refusal to accept / accept / accept some authority or code or convention | |
| sales resistance | resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices | |
| Broader | group action | action taken by a group of people |
| Spanish | resistencia | |
| Catalan | resistència | |
| Adjectives | resistant | disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority |
| Verbs | resist | refuse to comply |
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