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Rhymes with Resistance

  • self-subsistence
  • coexistence
  • subsistence
  • consistence
  • resistence
  • persistence
  • outdistance
  • insistence
  • existence
  • assistance
  • distance

How do you pronounce resistance?

Pronounce resistance as rɪˈzɪstəns.

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How do you spell resistance? Is it resistence ?

A common misspelling of resistance is resistence

4. resistance

noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] the military action of resisting the enemy's advance.

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  • résistance (French)

6. resistance

noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness.

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  • résistance (French)

7. resistance

noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents.

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  • résistance (French)

8. resistance

noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] (medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease.

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  • résistance (French)

10. resistance

noun. ['rɪˈzɪstəns, riːˈzɪstəns'] a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force.

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  • résistance (French)