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nonresistant
[ non-ri-zis-tuhnt ]
adjective
- 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.
- not resistant; passively obedient.
noun
- a person who does not resist force.
- a person who maintains that violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, should not be resisted by force.
nonresistant
/ ˌnɒnrɪˈzɪstənt /
adjective
- incapable of resisting something, such as a disease; susceptible
- history (esp in 17th-century England) practising passive obedience to royal authority even when its commands were unjust
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Derived Forms
- ˌnonreˈsistance, noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of nonresistant1
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Example Sentences
Garrison, known to all as a nonresistant, made it clear that his sympathies were with the government.
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