nonresistant

Thân thiện

A patient is nonresistant to infection.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Offering no resistance; passive: Describes a person, group, or thing that does not fight back or oppose force, pressure, or authority.
   • Susceptible, lacking immunity: (Often followed by the preposition 'to') Describes a condition of being likely to be harmed or affected by a particular disease, influence, or condition.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Offering no resistance):
  • The nonresistant protesters sat quietly as they were arrested.
  • He adopted a nonresistant attitude towards the criticism.
• Adjective (Susceptible to):
  • The plant is nonresistant to frost and must be brought indoors.
  • Populations nonresistant to the new virus faced higher infection rates.

Advanced Usage

• Philosophical/Religious Context: In historical and theological contexts, "nonresistant" specifically describes the principle of refusing to use violence or physical force to resist evil or authority, often associated with certain Christian pacifist groups.
  • The Anabaptist tradition is known for its nonresistant stance.

Variants and Related Words

• Nonresistance (n): The practice or principle of not resisting authority or force, especially on moral or religious grounds.
  • His philosophy was one of complete nonresistance.
• Resistant (adj): The direct antonym, meaning offering resistance or not susceptible.

Synonyms

• Passive: Accepting or allowing what happens without active response.
• Submissive: Ready to conform to the authority or will of others.
• Susceptible: Likely to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
• Vulnerable: Exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed.

Antonyms

• Resistant: Opposing force or action.
• Defiant: Showing bold disobedience.
• Immune: Protected or exempt, especially from disease.

Related Phrases

• Nonresistant to: This is the standard prepositional phrase used to indicate susceptibility.
  • The variety is nonresistant to the common blight.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. offering no resistance
2. (often followed by `to') likely to be affected with
   • liable to diabetes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• liable
• nonimmune
• unresistant