resistance
noun
[ rɪˈzɪst(ə)ns ]
• the refusal to accept or comply with something.
• "they displayed a narrow-minded resistance to change"
Similar:
opposition to,
hostility to,
aversion to,
refusal to accept,
unwillingness to accept,
disinclination to accept,
reluctance to accept,
lack of enthusiasm for,
• the ability not to be affected by something, especially adversely.
• "some of us have a lower resistance to cold than others"
• the impeding or stopping effect exerted by one material thing on another.
• "air resistance was reduced by streamlining"
• the degree to which a substance or device opposes the passage of an electric current, causing energy dissipation. By Ohm's law resistance (measured in ohms) is equal to the voltage divided by the current.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French résistance, from late Latin resistentia, from the verb resistere ‘hold back’ (see resist).
