resistance-n; 6 Senses

Sense Number 1: The action of opposing some other social or military force.

Commentary: RESISTANCE[+event]

Examples:
He encountered a feeling or resistance from the participants.
The enemy offered little resistance.
Despite resistance from the management, he went ahead.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4, 11

Sense Number 2: Any mechanical or electrical force that tends to retard or oppose.

Commentary: RESISTANCE[+force]

Examples:
The material presents much resistance.
The device measures resistance.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 10

Sense Number 3: (medicine) the capacity of an organism to defend against disease.

Commentary: RESISTANCE[+medicine]

Examples:
This gene indicates resistance to the strain.
These trees have resistance to smog and salt.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5, 6

Sense Number 4: A secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force.

Commentary: RESISTANCE[+group]

Examples:
The resistance hid here for years.
The government continually battles the resistance.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 5: The degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing organism to drugs.

Commentary: RESISTANCE[+medicine]

Examples:
This bacteria has great resistance to penicillin.
Many microoganisms now have resistance to antibiotics.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 8

Sense Number 6: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness.

Commentary: RESISTANCE[+psychiatry]

Examples:
The patient expresses resistance and will not talk.
Many subjects have initial resistance but then open up.

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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 9