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resistance - group action in opposition to those in power |
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group action action taken by a group of people
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confrontation,
opposition a focussed comparison; bringing together for a careful comparison
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sales resistance resistance by potential customers to aggressive selling practices
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defiance a defiant act
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contravention,
dispute coming into conflict with
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obstructionism deliberate interference
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dissent,
protest,
objection a difference of opinion
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rebellion organized opposition to authority; a conflict in which one faction tries to wrest control from another
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insubordination,
rebelliousness an insubordinate act
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resistance - 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" |
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opposition |
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action something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
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lockout a management action resisting employee's demands; employees are barred from entering the workplace until they agree to terms
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reaction doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"
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anti-takeover defense resistance to or defense against a hostile takeover
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resistance - any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion |
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mechanical phenomenon a physical phenomenon associated with the equilibrium or motion of objects
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friction,
rubbing effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure
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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
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retarding force,
drag the act of dragging (pulling with force); "the drag up the hill exhausted him"
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resistance - the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance" |
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military action,
action a military engagement; "he saw action in Korea"
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armed forces,
armed services,
military,
military machine,
war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
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resistance - (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness |
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involuntariness,
unwillingness the trait of being unwilling; "his unwillingness to cooperate vetoed every proposal I made"; "in spite of our warnings he plowed ahead with the involuntariness of an automaton"
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psychiatry,
psychological medicine,
psychopathology the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
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resistance - the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria) |
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unresponsiveness,
deadness 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; "she began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident"; "in an instant all the deadness and withdrawal were wiped away"
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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 to be plants
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resistance - the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog" |
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capability,
capacity the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally; "he worked to the limits of his capability"
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