Resistance

noun

rɪ'zɪstəns

Noun

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