English noun: resistance | |||
1. | resistance (act) the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with | ||
Samples | He encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens. Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead. | ||
Synonyms | opposition | ||
Broader (hypernym) | action | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anti-takeover defense, lockout, reaction | ||
2. | resistance (phenomenon) any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | mechanical phenomenon | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance, acoustic resistance, drag, friction, retarding force, rubbing | ||
3. | resistance (phenomenon) a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms | ||
Synonyms | electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistivity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | electrical phenomenon | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ohmage | ||
4. | resistance (act) the military action of resisting the enemy's advance | ||
Samples | The enemy offered little resistance. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | action, military action | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
5. | resistance (state) (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease | ||
Synonyms | immunity | ||
Broader (hypernym) | condition, status | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | acquired immunity, immunogenicity, innate immunity, natural immunity | ||
Domain category | medical specialty, medicine | ||
6. | resistance (state) the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents | ||
Samples | These trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | capability, capacity | ||
7. | resistance (group) a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force | ||
Synonyms | underground | ||
Broader (hypernym) | revolutionary group | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Maquis | ||
8. | resistance (attribute) the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | deadness, unresponsiveness | ||
Domain category | bacteria, bacterium | ||
9. | resistance (attribute) (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | involuntariness, unwillingness | ||
Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
10. | resistance (artifact) an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current | ||
Synonyms | resistor | ||
Broader (hypernym) | electrical device | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | ballast, ballast resistor, barretter, potential divider, rheostat, variable resistor, voltage divider | ||
Part meronym | circuit, electric circuit, electrical circuit | ||
11. | resistance (act) group action in opposition to those in power | ||
Broader (hypernym) | group action | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | confrontation, contravention, defiance, dispute, dissent, insubordination, objection, obstructionism, opposition, protest, rebellion, rebelliousness, sales resistance | ||