We are faced with the alternative of resistance or slavery.
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Resistance
//ɹɪˈzɪstəns//
Synonyms for "resistance" (325 found)
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Closest matches (65)
electric resistanceimmunityundergroundstandacquired immunityactive immunityalienationantagonismantibodyantigenantipathyarrestarrestationarrestmentartificial immunityautismautistic thinkingaversenessaversionavoidance mechanism
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avoidance reactionbacklashbackwardnessbase resistanceblame-shiftingblockblockadeblockageblockingbuckingbushfighterbushwhackercallositycallousnesscapacitive reactancecasualcensorshipchallengecharleycheckclashingcloggingclosing upclosurecoefficient of frictioncohesivenesscollisioncompensationcomplaintconflictconfutationcongenital immunityconstrictioncontentioncontradictioncontrapositioncontrarietycontraventioncontraversioncontumaciousnesscontumacycounteractioncounterpositioncounterworking
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (98)
crampcrankinesscrosscurrentcrossingcrotchetinesscursorinessdecompensationdefencedefensedefense in depthdefense mechanismdefensesdefiancedelaydemurdenialdensitydereismdereistic thinkingdetainment
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detentiondeterrent capacitydisagreementdisinclinationdisobediencedisplacementdisputedisrelishdissentdissociationdistastedragdurabilitydurityego defenseselectromotive forceemitter resistanceemotional insulationescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanismescapismfamilial immunityfantasizingfantasyfixationflightflintinessfluid frictionfoot draggingfoot-draggingforce of frictionforce of viscosityforward transfer resistancefractiousnessfrictionfriction headfriction lossfrictional resistancegrudging consentgrudgingnessguardguerillasguerrillahamperinghardinesshardnesshardness of hearthead windhinderinghindranceholdbackholdupimmunizationimpedanceimpedimentimpenetrabilityimpugnationimpugnmentincorrigibilityindisposednessindispositionindocilityindomitabilityinductive reactanceindurationinfrangibilityinherent immunityinherited immunityinhibitioninput resistanceinsuppressibilityinterferenceinternal friction
Related words (162)
interruptionintractabilityintractablenessintransigenceirregularirrepressibilityisolationkicklack of enthusiasmlack of zeallastingnessleatherlikenessletmagnetic reluctancemaquismaquisardmutinousnessnatural immunitynegationnegative taxis
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negativismnolitionnonconformitynonspecific immunitynonsusceptibility to diseasenuisance valueobduracyobjectionobstinacyobstreperousnessobstructionobstructionismocclusionohmohmageopposingoppositionopposureoppugnanceoppugnancyoppugnationopsonic immunityoutput resistanceovercompensationpartisanpassive immunitypassive resistanceperfunctorinessperversenessphagocytic immunityprojectionprotectionprotestpsychological blockpsychological defensespsychotaxisracial immunityrationalizationreactancereactionrebellionrebelliousnessrebuffrebutmentrebuttalrecalcitrancerecalcitrancyrecoilrefractorinessrefusalrejectionreluctancereluctivityremonstrancerenitencerenitencyrepercussionrepressionrepugnancerepulserepulsionresistance fighterresistorrestivenessrestraintrestrictionretardationretardmentrevoltrolling frictionropinessself-defenseself-preservationself-protectionsetbackshrewishnessskin effectskin frictionsliding frictionslip frictionslownesssociological adjustive reactionssolidityspecific immunityspecific reluctancesqueezestaminastanding againststarting frictionstatic frictionsteelinessstiffnessstoninessstrangleholdstrengthstricturestringinessstubbornnesssublimationsubstitutionsulksulkinesssulkssullennesssuppressionsurface resistanceswimming upstreamtenacitythe defensivetolerancetoughnesstoxin-antitoxin immunitytraversalunbreakabilityunbreakablenessuncontrollabilityundercurrentunderground fighterunenthusiasmungovernabilityunmalleabilityunmanageabilityunmoldablenessunrulinessunsubmissivenessuntamablenessunwillingnessvcvietcongviscidityvitalityvolume resistancewardwildnesswish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawal
Noun(4 words)
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Translations
192 translations across 72 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- qëndresë noun (act of resisting)
- rezistencë noun (act of resisting)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀντίστασις noun (act of resisting)
- ἀντίστασις noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Arabic
1 entries- مُقَاوَمَة noun (act of resisting)
Armenian
4 entries- դիմադրություն noun (act of resisting)
- դիմադրություն noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- դիմադրություն noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- դիմադրություն noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Asturian
4 entries- resistencia noun (act of resisting)
- resistencia noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- resistencia noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- resistencia noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- müqavimət noun (act of resisting)
- müqavimət noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡаршылыҡ noun (act of resisting)
Belarusian
2 entries- супраці́ў noun (act of resisting)
- супраціўле́нне noun (act of resisting)
Bulgarian
3 entries- съпроти́ва noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
- съпротивле́ние noun (act of resisting)
- съпротивле́ние noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
Burmese
1 entries- ခုခံခြင်း noun (act of resisting)
Catalan
4 entries- resistència noun (act of resisting)
- resistència noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- resistència noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- resistència noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 反抗 noun (act of resisting)
- 抵抗 noun (act of resisting)
- 抵抗力 noun (act of resisting)
- 抵抗運動 /抵抗运动 noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Czech
3 entries- odboj noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
- odpor noun (act of resisting)
- odpor noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
Danish
4 entries- modstand noun (act of resisting)
- modstand noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- modstand noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- modstandsbevægelse noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Dutch
3 entries- verzet noun (act of resisting)
- verzet noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
- weerstand noun (act of resisting)
Esperanto
1 entries- rezisto noun (act of resisting)
Estonian
1 entries- vastupanu noun (act of resisting)
Finnish
4 entries- resistanssi noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- vastarinta noun (act of resisting)
- vastarintaliike noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
- vastus noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
French
3 entries- résistance noun (act of resisting)
- résistance noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- résistance noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Galician
4 entries- resistencia noun (act of resisting)
- resistencia noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- resistencia noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- resistencia noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Georgian
3 entries- უკუქმედება noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- წინააღმდეგობა noun (act of resisting)
- წინაღობა noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
German
4 entries- Widerstand noun (act of resisting)
- Widerstand noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- Widerstand noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- Widerstand noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Greek
4 entries- αντίσταση noun (act of resisting)
- αντίσταση noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- αντίσταση noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- αντίσταση noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְנַגְּדוּת noun (act of resisting)
Hindi
3 entries- प्रतिरोध noun (act of resisting)
- मुक़ाबला noun (act of resisting)
- विरोध noun (act of resisting)
Hungarian
4 entries- ellenállás noun (act of resisting)
- ellenállás noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- ellenállás noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- ellenállás noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Icelandic
2 entries- mótstaða noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- viðnám noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
Indonesian
4 entries- berlawanan arus noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- hambatan noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- kelompok pemberontak noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
- penentangan noun (act of resisting)
Italian
4 entries- resistenza noun (act of resisting)
- resistenza noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- resistenza noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- resistenza noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Japanese
4 entries- 反抗 noun (act of resisting)
- 抵抗 noun (act of resisting)
- 抵抗 noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- 抵抗力 noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
Kazakh
1 entries- қарсылық noun (act of resisting)
Khmer
1 entries- កំណៀច noun (act of resisting)
Korean
4 entries- 반항 noun (act of resisting)
- 저항 noun (act of resisting)
- 저항 noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- 저항력 noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- каршылык noun (act of resisting)
Lao
1 entries- ຄວາມຕ້ານທານ noun (act of resisting)
Latvian
4 entries- pretestība noun (act of resisting)
- pretestība noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- pretspars noun (act of resisting)
- pretspēks noun (act of resisting)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pasipriešinimas noun (act of resisting)
- priešinimasis noun (act of resisting)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Widderstand noun (act of resisting)
Macedonian
1 entries- отпор noun (act of resisting)
Malay
4 entries- hambatan noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- penentangan noun (act of resisting)
- rintangan noun (act of resisting)
- rintangan noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
Malayalam
4 entries- ചെറുക്കൽ noun (act of resisting)
- പ്രതിരോധം noun (act of resisting)
- പ്രതിരോധം noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- വൈദ്യുതപ്രതിരോധം noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
Middle English
2 entries- resistence noun (act of resisting)
- resistence noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Mongolian
2 entries- эсэргүүцэл noun (act of resisting)
- ᠡᠰᠡᠷᠭᠦᠴᠡᠯ noun (act of resisting)
Māori
2 entries- parehiko noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- ātetenga noun (act of resisting)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- berxwedan noun (act of resisting)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- motkraft noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- motstand noun (act of resisting)
- motstand noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- motstandsbevegelse noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- motstand noun (act of resisting)
Old English
2 entries- anbyrdnes noun (act of resisting)
- andwig noun (act of resisting)
Pashto
1 entries- مقاومت noun (act of resisting)
Persian
3 entries- مقابله noun (act of resisting)
- مقاومت noun (act of resisting)
- پایداری noun (act of resisting)
Polish
4 entries- oporność noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- opór noun (act of resisting)
- opór noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- opór noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
Portuguese
4 entries- resistência noun (act of resisting)
- resistência noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- resistência noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- resistência noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Romanian
4 entries- opunere noun (act of resisting)
- rezistare noun (act of resisting)
- rezistența noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
- rezistență noun (act of resisting)
Russian
4 entries- отпо́р noun (act of resisting)
- сопротивле́ние noun (act of resisting)
- сопротивле́ние noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- сопротивле́ние noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- òtpor noun (act of resisting)
- о̀тпор noun (act of resisting)
Sicilian
4 entries- risistenza noun (act of resisting)
- risistenza noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- risistenza noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
- risistenza noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Slovak
1 entries- odpor noun (act of resisting)
Slovene
1 entries- odpor noun (act of resisting)
Spanish
4 entries- oposición noun (act of resisting)
- resistencia noun (act of resisting)
- resistencia noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- resistencia noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
Swedish
3 entries- motstånd noun (act of resisting)
- motståndsrörelse noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
- resistans noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
Tagalog
1 entries- sagwil noun (shortened form of electrical resistance)
Tajik
3 entries- зиддият noun (act of resisting)
- муқобилат noun (act of resisting)
- муқовимат noun (act of resisting)
Tatar
1 entries- каршылык noun (act of resisting)
Thai
1 entries- การต่อต้าน noun (act of resisting)
Tibetan
1 entries- བཙན་རྒོལ་གསང་ཚོགས noun (underground organization struggling for liberation)
Turkish
3 entries- direnç noun (act of resisting)
- mukavemet noun (act of resisting)
- rezistans noun (act of resisting)
Turkmen
1 entries- garşylyk noun (act of resisting)
Ukrainian
2 entries- о́пір noun (act of resisting)
- спро́тив noun (act of resisting)
Urdu
2 entries- مزاحمت noun (act of resisting)
- مقابله noun (act of resisting)
Uyghur
1 entries- قارشىلىق noun (act of resisting)
Uzbek
1 entries- qarshilik noun (act of resisting)
Vietnamese
3 entries- sức cản noun (force that tends to oppose motion)
- sự chống cự noun (act of resisting)
- sự đề kháng noun (act of resisting)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
We came up against massive popular resistance.
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Charles always takes the line of least resistance.
Source: tatoeba (27242)
Years of resistance to misfortune ended when the settlers' village was overcome by the savages and their hopes and lives came to the bitter end.
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