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resistance
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Noun
  • group action in opposition to those in power
  • an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
  • (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
  • the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
  • a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
  • 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
  • (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
  • the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
    • the enemy offered little resistance
  • a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
  • any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
  • 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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