resistance meaning and definition

RESISTANCE noun

Definition of resistance (noun)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: opposition
2. any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
3. a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
   • synonyms: electric resistance, electrical resistance, impedance, ohmic resistance, resistivity
4. the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
   • "the enemy offered little resistance"
5. (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
   • synonyms: immunity
6. 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"
7. a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
   • synonyms: underground
8. the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
9. (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
10. an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
    • synonyms: resistor
11. group action in opposition to those in power