adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Opposing or countering a political resistance movement. not-comparable
2. 2
   Countering the propensity of an organism (such as a fungus) to become resistant to something (such as a fungicide). not-comparable

Etymology

From anti- + resistance.

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