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1. resistance
noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with.
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Rhymes with Sales Resistance
- self-subsistence
- coexistence
- subsistence
- consistence
- resistence
- persistence
- outdistance
- insistence
- existence
- assistance
- distance
2. resistance
noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion.
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3. resistance
noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms.
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4. resistance
noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] the military action of resisting the enemy's advance.
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5. resistance
noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] group action in opposition to those in power.
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6. resistance
noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness.
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7. resistance
noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents.
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8. resistance
noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease.
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9. resistance
noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current.
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