'resistance' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'resistance' with 8 example sentences.
- resistance noun
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: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
: any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
: a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
: the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
: (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
: the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
: a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
: the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
: an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
: group action in opposition to those in power