resistant
resistant Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Unaffected or unharmed by a particular substance, force, disease, or condition; capable of withstanding damage or adverse effects.
"Scientists have developed a new variety of wheat that is highly resistant to drought and common fungal infections."
Opposed to or unwilling to accept something, such as new ideas, authority, or change.
"Several senior board members remained resistant to the proposed restructuring of the company."
• noun
A person who actively opposes or fights against an occupying power, authoritarian regime, or established authority; a member of a resistance movement.
"The local museum features archives documenting the lives of wartime resistants who operated underground printing presses."
A substance, coating, or organism that withstands or prevents the action of a particular chemical, dye, heat, or pathogen.
"The textile artisan applied a wax resistant to the fabric before submerging it in the indigo dye bath."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French résistant, from Latin resistentem, the present participle of resistere ('to make a stand against, oppose'), formed from re- ('against') and sistere ('to take a stand').