Resistance

/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/

Synonyms for "resistance" (385 found)

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Noun(5 words)

ohmic resistanceopposition backlashes boycotting chafing

acquired immunityactive immunityalienation antagonism antibody antigen antipathy arrest arrestation arrestmentartificial immunityautismautistic thinkingaverseness aversionavoidance mechanismavoidance reactionbacklash backwardnessbase resistance

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blame-shifting block blockade blockage blocking bucking bushfighter bushwhacker callosity callousnesscapacitive reactancecasual censorship challenge charley check clashing cloggingclosing upclosurecoefficient of frictioncohesiveness collision compensation complaint conflict confutationcongenital immunityconstriction contention contradiction contraposition contrariety contravention contraversion contumaciousness contumacy counteraction counterposition counterworking cramp crankiness crosscurrent crossing crotchetiness cursoriness decompensation defence defensedefense in depthdefense mechanismdefenses

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defiance delay demur denial density dereismdereistic thinkingdetainment detentiondeterrent capacitydisagreement disinclination disobedience displacement dispute disrelish dissent dissociation distaste drag

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durability durityego defenseselectric resistanceemitter resistanceemotional insulationescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanismescapismfamilial immunityfantasizing fantasy fixation flight flintinessfluid frictionfoot draggingfoot-draggingforce of frictionforce of viscosityforward transfer resistancefractiousness frictionfriction headfriction lossfrictional resistancegrudging consentgrudgingness guard guerillas guerrilla hampering hardiness hardnesshardness of hearthead windhindering hindrance holdback holdup immunity immunization impedance impediment impenetrability impugnation impugnment incorrigibility indisposedness indisposition indocility indomitabilityinductive reactanceinduration infrangibilityinherent immunityinherited immunityinhibitioninput resistanceinsuppressibility interferenceinternal frictioninterruption intractability intractableness intransigence irregular irrepressibility isolation kicklack of enthusiasm

Noun(22 words)

defiance defyingdisplay of defiancedissents drags durabilityelectric resistanceelectrical resistancefrench défiancefriction between surfacesfriction forcefriction interactionfriction relatedfrictional pullfrictionality immunity impedance impendence impermeability inertias

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interposition kickback

Adjective(1 words)

disobedient

Verb(1 words)

fending

Related words (192)

lack of zeallastingness leatherlikeness letmagnetic reluctancemaquis maquisard mutinousnessnatural immunitynegationnegative taxisnegativism nolition nonconformitynonspecific immunitynonsusceptibility to diseasenuisance valueobduracy objection obstinacy

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obstreperousness obstruction obstructionism occlusion ohm ohmage opposing opposition opposure oppugnance oppugnancy oppugnationopsonic immunityoutput resistanceovercompensation partisanpassive immunitypassive resistanceperfunctoriness perversenessphagocytic immunityprojection protection protestpsychological blockpsychological defensespsychotaxisracial immunityrationalization reactance reaction rebellion rebelliousness rebuff rebutment rebuttal recalcitrance recalcitrancy recoil refractoriness refusal rejection reluctance reluctivity remonstrance renitence renitency repercussion repression repugnance repulse repulsionresistance fighterrestiveness restraint restriction retardation retardment revoltrolling frictionropiness self-defense self-preservation self-protection setback shrewishnessskin effectskin frictionsliding frictionslip frictionslownesssociological adjustive reactionssolidityspecific immunityspecific reluctancesqueeze stamina standstanding againststarting frictionstatic frictionsteeliness stiffness stoniness stranglehold strength stricture stringiness stubbornness sublimation substitution sulk sulkiness sulks sullenness suppressionsurface resistanceswimming upstreamtenacitythe defensivetoughnesstoxin-antitoxin immunitytraversal unbreakability unbreakableness uncontrollability undercurrent undergroundunderground fighterunenthusiasm ungovernability unmalleability unmanageability unmoldableness unruliness unsubmissiveness untamableness unwillingness vc vietcong viscidity vitalityvolume resistanceward wildnesswish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawal

Adjective(2 words)

low fragilitystrong opposition

Noun(39 words)

more frictionmore frictionalmore uncooperativemost uncooperativenonacceptancenot cooperativeopen defianceoppose amendmentsopposed toopposing forceopposing forcesoppositionality oppositions rebellingrebellion against traditionrebellions recoilsreform resistantrefusal refusing

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repulse repulses resistingresistive valueresistivity resistor rubs sturdinessswamp ecosystem resiliencetechnology adoptiontolerance toughness uncooperativeness underground undergroundsunreadiness to learnviscousness withstandability withstanding

Verb(1 words)

oppose change

Determiner(1 words)

the opposition

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22 entries

action capability capacity condition deadnesselectrical deviceelectrical phenomenonelectrical propertygroup actioninvoluntarinessmechanical phenomenonmilitary actionnoncooperation oppositionphysical propertyproperty

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More specific

10 entries

armed resistancecivil disobediencedisease resistancedrought resistanceheat resistancenoncooperationohmic resistancepassive resistancepest resistancewire resistance

Collocations

6 entries

active resistancedisease resistancedrought resistanceelectrical resistancepassive resistanceresistance to change

Inflections

1 entries

resistances

Derivations

2 entries

resistant resistive

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We are faced with the alternative of resistance or slavery.

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We came up against massive popular resistance.

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Charles always takes the line of least resistance.

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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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