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nonresistant - 5 dictionary results

non⋅re⋅sis⋅tant

[non-ri-zis-tuhnt]
–adjective
1. not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
2. not resistant; passively obedient.
–noun
3. a person who does not resist force.
4. a person who maintains that violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, should not be resisted by force.

Origin:
1695–1705; non- + resistant
non·re·sis·tant   (nŏn'rĭ-zĭs'tənt)   
adj.  
  1. Not resistant, especially to a disease or an environmental factor, such as heat or moisture.
  2. Submissively obedient.
non're·sis'tant n.

Nonresistant

Non`re*sist"ant\, a. Making no resistance.

Nonresistant

Non`re*sist"ant\, n. One who maintains that no resistance should be made to constituted authority, even when unjustly or oppressively exercised; one who advocates or practices absolute submission; also, one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force.

nonresistant non·re·sis·tant (nŏn'rĭ-zĭs'tənt)
adj.

  1. Not resistant, especially to a disease or an environmental factor, such as heat or moisture.
  2. Submissively obedient.

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