Resistance Rɪˈzɪstəns Armed Met Lot Noun Bre Ideas

• as with all new ideas it met with resistance.
• there has been a lot of resistance to this new law.
• resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry.
• armed resistance

resistance

1. dislike of or opposition to a plan, an idea, etc.; refusal to obey
• As with all new ideas it met with resistance.
• There has been a lot of resistance to this new law.
• Resistance to change has nearly destroyed the industry.
2. the act of using force to oppose somebody/something
• armed resistance
• The defenders put up a strong resistance.
• The demonstrators offered little or no resistance to the police.
3. the power not to be affected by something
• AIDS lowers the body's resistance to infection.
4. a force that stops something moving or makes it move more slowly
• wind/air resistance (= in the design of planes or cars)
5. the opposition of a substance or device to the flow of an electrical current
• compare reactance
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/reactance
6. a secret organization that resists the authorities, especially in a country that an enemy has control of
• resistance fighters
7. (to choose, etc.) the easiest way of doing something

Extra Examples

• The advancing army met with little resistance.
• The attacks did not take place without resistance.
• There was fierce resistance to the new laws.
• They mounted stiff resistance to the proposal.
• You need to build up your resistance to colds.
• armed resistance against the Nazis
• AIDS lowers the body’s resistance to infection.
• Many viruses develop resistance to drugs.
• The defenders put up a strong resistance.
• There were a number of episodes of armed resistance during the early years of occupation.
• These varieties produce a lot of fruit and have excellent disease resistance.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from French résistance, from late Latin resistentia, from the verb resistere ‘hold back’, from re- (expressing opposition) + sistere ‘stop’ (reduplication of stare ‘to stand’).