Resistance (Noun)
Meaning 1
Group action in opposition to those in power.
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Meaning 2
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".
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Meaning 3
The military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance".
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Meaning 4
(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 5
A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force.
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 6
An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 7
Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion.
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
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Meaning 8
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".
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 9
The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria).
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Meaning 10
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness.
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Meaning 11
A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms.
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Nouns denoting natural phenomena.