- resistance, opposition - the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"
--1 is a kind of action
--1 has particulars: lockout; reaction; anti-takeover defense - resistance - any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
--2 is a kind of mechanical phenomenon
--2 has particulars:friction, rubbing; acoustic resistance, acoustic impedance, acoustic reactance; drag, retarding force - electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance - a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
--3 is a kind of electrical phenomenon
--3 has particulars: ohmage- resistance - the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"
--4 is a kind of military action, action
Derived form: verb resist2 - immunity, resistance - (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
--5 is a kind of condition, status
--5 has particulars: acquired immunity; natural immunity, innate immunity- underground, resistance - a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
--6 is a kind of revolutionary group
--6 has particulars: Maquis- resistance - the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
--7 is a kind of unresponsiveness
- resistance - (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
--8 is a kind of unwillingness
- resistor, resistance - an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
--9 is a kind of electrical device
--9 is a part of circuit, electrical circuit, electric circuit
--9 has particulars:ballast resistor, ballast, barretter; potential divider, voltage divider; rheostat, variable resistor - resistance - group action in opposition to those in power
--10 is a kind of group action
--10 has particulars:confrontation, opposition; sales resistance; defiance; dispute, contravention; obstructionism; protest, objection, dissent; rebellion; insubordination, rebelliousness Derived form: verb resist6 - electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, resistance, resistivity, ohmic resistance - a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms