resistance

Definition

  • noun: refusal to accept something new or different
  • noun: an act or instance of 'resisting'
  • often + 'from'

Examples

  • He offered no 'resistance' when he was arrested. [=he did not try to prevent himself from being arrested]

  • She tends to 'follow the path of least resistance' instead of going after what she really wants.

  • She sensed 'resistance from' some of the staff regarding the changes in policy.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Simulation abort. System-wide shutdown. No! Don't get me wrong. There's a certain beauty to your resistance. Tris... MAXI All right, let's move! We gotta go. Now. Tobias. We need to keep moving. (..)
    2014 Divergent
  • (..) of anyone exercising their independent will. Divergents threaten that system. Don't get me wrong. There's a certain beauty in your resistance, your defiance of categorization. But it's a beauty we can't afford. Four, it's me. It's me. Please, Four, look at me. Look at me. (..)
    2014 Divergent