Dictionary entry details
• RESISTANCE (noun)
Meaning:
The action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
opposition; resistance
Context examples:
he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens / despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistance"):
lockout (a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms)
reaction (doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like)
anti-takeover defense (resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover)
Meaning:
Any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
mechanical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistance"):
drag; retarding force (the phenomenon of resistance to motion through a fluid)
acoustic impedance; acoustic reactance; acoustic resistance (opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component)
friction; rubbing (the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another)
Meaning:
A material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
resistivity; ohmic resistance; impedance; electrical resistance; electric resistance; resistance
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
electrical phenomenon (a physical phenomenon involving electricity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistance"):
ohmage (the ohmic resistance of a conductor)
Meaning:
The military action of resisting the enemy's advance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
the enemy offered little resistance
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
action; military action (a military engagement)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Meaning:
(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
immunity; resistance
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Domain category:
medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistance"):
immunogenicity (the property of eliciting an immune response)
acquired immunity (immunity to a particular disease that is not innate but has been acquired during life; immunity can be acquired by the development of antibodies after an attack of an infectious disease or by a pregnant mother passing antibodies through the placenta to a fetus or by vaccination)
innate immunity; natural immunity (immunity to disease that occurs as part of an individual's natural biologic makeup)
Meaning:
A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
underground; resistance
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
revolutionary group (a political unit organized to promote revolution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistance"):
Maquis (the French underground that fought against the German occupation in World War II)
Meaning:
The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
deadness; unresponsiveness (the quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events)
Domain category:
bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered plants)
Meaning:
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
involuntariness; unwillingness (the trait of being unwilling)
Domain category:
psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)
Meaning:
An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
resistor; resistance
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistance"):
rheostat; variable resistor (resistor for regulating current)
potential divider; voltage divider (resistors connected in series across a voltage source; used to obtain a desired fraction of the voltage)
ballast; ballast resistor; barretter (a resistor inserted into a circuit to compensate for changes (as those arising from temperature fluctuations))
Holonyms ("resistance" is a part of...):
circuit; electric circuit; electrical circuit (an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow)
Meaning:
Group action in opposition to those in power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("resistance" is a kind of...):
group action (action taken by a group of people)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resistance"):
insubordination; rebelliousness (an insubordinate act)
rebellion (refusal to accept some authority or code or convention)
dissent; objection; protest (the act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent)
obstructionism (deliberate interference)
contravention; dispute (coming into conflict with)
defiance (a defiant act)
sales resistance (resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices)
confrontation; opposition (the act of hostile groups opposing each other)
