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      resistance
      noun
      group action in opposition to those in power
      an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
      (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
      the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
      a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
      the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
      (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
      the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
      a material's opposition to the flow of electric current
      any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
      the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
      Roots
      sistosist- · Latin · stand, set
      Synonyms for resistance
      renitencenoppositionnimpedancenoppugnancyadjohmagenmaquisardnimmunitynreactancendefiancenundergroundadj
      Words related to resistance
      irresistancenresistornnonresistingresistivitynnonresistancenresistinglyadvresisternadiathermancyadjreluctationnresistingvrenitentadjklendusityncounterstandhygristorunresistinglyadvresistantadjresistiveadjresistsvtasimeterresistivelyadvreluctatevresistlesslyadvrheocordstandpatteradjrheochordreluctklendusicadjresistedvresistentadjresistlessadj

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      Where does resistance come from?

      The word resistance breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root sist-, from Latin sisto (“stand, set”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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