resistance
/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/rih-ZIH-stuhns
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɹɪˈzɪstəns/rih-ZIH-stuhns
Meaningthe act of standing against
Common meaning: the act of fighting back
Other meanings: a force that opposes
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- reagain; back
- sistto cause to stand, setLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1711 · scan
- ancenoun ending: doing, or the condition that results
‘again’ + ‘to cause to stand, set’ → resistance
Journey through time
- Latinsistō, stitī‘to cause to stand, set’
- Frenchresister
- Englishresist‘to fight against’
- Englishformed in English from resistresistance‘the act of fighting back’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from resist + -ance.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), RESIST, p.504 · scan
Roots
- sistō, stitī Latin “to cause to stand, set”
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