resistance
3
7.3
- noun
- /rɪˈzɪstəns/
- Specialized
:
resistencia
- When these feelings crop up, procrastination, avoidance, and resistance set in and their job search stalls.
- client resistance
- resistance in treatment
And I think our internal resistance is a master of trying to like deceive you.
- And I think our internal resistance is a master of trying to like deceive you.
- Because there's a very deep and very sad reason why it feels weird and why you're going to have resistance to doing this.
- So he goes on, and he says the resistance was unconscious too, just as unconscious as the repressed, the lifting of which we were working.
- And so I had in my mind that all this therapy stuff is mumbo jumbo, you know, And so there was a, there was a block, there was a resistance to that.
- And so I had in my mind that, you know, all this therapy stuff is mumbo jumbo, you know, and so there was a, there was a block, there was a resistance to that.
- All my resistances and fears were forgotten.
Examples
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A recovering substance abuse staff person is better able to deal with client denial and resistance than a non-recovering staff person.
Academic text (1997) -
I have sensed resistance in you since our very first meeting.
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Her resistance to the mind probe is considerable.
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During the resistance phase of treatment, the therapist is also gaining essential data about the patient that will be useful later.
Academic text (2015) -
All of us initially experience an inner resistance to reflecting upon our own actions and attitudes.
Academic text (2007) -
With supervision, the social worker might have understood more clearly his resistance to fully process the ending with Rod.
Academic text (2001) -
Why might I be feeling resistance, anger, sadness, or disillusionment during or after critically reading this text?
Academic text (2015) -
The social worker rolled with the client's resistance rather than confronting his or her perceptions.
Academic text (2007) -
During the process of critically exploring privileging and Othering, it is important to acknowledge feelings of guilt, anger, or resistance that students may experience when knowledge and ways of being that had perhaps been part of their strong foundation are queried.
Academic text (2011) -
In therapy, his resistance to discussing his childhood experiences hindered his progress.
Synonyms
8
7.1
Keeping unwanted thoughts or feelings out of your mind to avoid worry
1
8.1
A tendency to keep feelings or desires inside
Antonyms
Compounds
3
5.6
A way to act against authority without violence, for example by refusing to cooperate
2
3.9
A way of opposing a government without using violence, for example by refusing to obey laws
- Specialized
1
3.9
The amount a material stops or slows the flow of electric current
A Palestinian political and armed group called Hamas that fights Israel and seeks to replace it with an Islamic state
A Spanish armed group that tried to overthrow the government to make a communist state
- Specialized
A device that measures very high temperatures by watching how electricity in a hot wire changes
- Specialized
A tool that measures temperature by how easily electricity passes through a metal wire
- Specialized
A measure of how much a part in an electrical circuit stops the flow of electricity, for example the ohm
- Specialized
A machine that heats things by passing electricity through a metal wire
- Specialized
How much a material stops electric current while voltage and current change together
How Resistant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resistance comes from Latin re- 'back' and sistere 'to stand', so in therapy it means a person 'stands back' from certain thoughts or feelings and has trouble bringing them into mind.