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Adjective
/riˈzistənt/,
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Offering resistance to something or someone,
  1. Offering resistance to something or someone
    • - some of the old churches are resistant to change
    • - a water-resistant adhesive

  1. immune: relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
  2. tolerant: able to tolerate environmental conditions or physiological stress; "the plant is tolerant of saltwater"; "these fish are quite tolerant as long as extremes of pH are avoided"; "the new hybrid is more resistant to drought"
  3. impervious to being affected; "resistant to the effects of heat"; "resistant to persuasion"
  4. insubordinate: disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
  5. repellent: incapable of absorbing or mixing with; "a water-repellent fabric"; "plastic highly resistant to steam and water"
  6. (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"
  7. The Resistants, also known as Mutant Force are a fictional supervillain group in the Marvel Comics universe. ...
  8. The French Résistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II. ...
  9. (Resistance (Battlestar Galactica)) "Resistance" is the fourth episode of the second season of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on August 5, 2005.
  10. (Resistance (bulletin)) The Anarchist Federation (AF) is a federation of anarcho-communists in Great Britain and Ireland. It is not a political party, but a direct action, agitational and propaganda organisation.
  11. (Resistance (comics)) Resistance is a comic book limited series published by Wildstorm, based on the Resistance video game series. It is written by Mike Costa, with art by Ramón Pérez, with the prequel being written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning, with pencils by C.P. Smith. ...
  12. (Resistance (Doctor Who audio)) Resistance is a Big Finish Productions audiobook based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.
  13. A person who resists; especially a member of a resistance movement; A thing which resists; That which makes resistance or offers opposition; That which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc. ...
  14. (Resistance) Jewish partisans · Ghetto uprisings (Warsaw)
  15. (Resistance) The sum total of body mechanisms that interpose barriers to the invasion or multiplication of infectious agents, or to damage by their toxic products. ...
  16. (Resistance) price level for which the intensive selling can lead to price increasing (up-trend)
  17. (Resistance) the level where price bounces back and fourth forming a strong opposition not allowing price to break above that level.
  18. (resistance) For plants and animals, the ability to withstand poor environmental conditions or attacks by chemicals or disease. May be inborn or acquired.
  19. (resistance) the ability of an organism to develop strains that are impervious to specific threats to their existence. The malaria parasite has developed strains that are resistant to drugs such as chloroquine. ...
  20. (Resistance) is the ability of a plant variety to restrict the growth and development of a specified pest or pathogen and/or the damage they cause when compared to susceptible plant varieties under similar environmental conditions and pest or pathogen pressure. ...
  21. Resistance occurs when a medication stops working as a result of the virus developing immunity to the medication.
  22. (resistance) “underground" organizations working to help the Jews against Hitler/Nazi army
  23. (Resistance) If a pest population is repeatedly treated with the same insecticide and each new generation of insects has increasingly higher tolerance, a “resistant” strain of insects is produced.
  24. (Resistance) A price level at which rising prices have stopped rising and either moved sideways or reversed direction; usually seen as a price chart pattern.
  25. (RESISTANCE) A balanced force and counter force between two bodies