Resistance

Look up resistance or résistance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Resistance may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Either of two similarly named but otherwise unrelated comic book series, both published by Wildstorm:
- Resistance (comics), based on the video game of the same title
- The Resistance (WildStorm), by Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Juan Santacruz
The Resistance (AWA Studios), an AWA Studios comic book meta series
Resistance: Book One, graphic novel series by Carla Jablonski with art by Leland Purvis and published by First Second Books

Resistance (Star Wars), the primary protagonist organization in the Star Wars sequel trilogy
The Resistance, one of two factions in Ingress

Resistance (video game series), a series of alternate history sci-fi shooters developed for Sony video game consoles
- Resistance: Fall of Man, a Sony PlayStation 3 game
- Resistance 2, sequel to Resistance: Fall of Man
- Resistance 3, the third game in the main series
- Resistance: Retribution, a Sony PlayStation Portable game
- Resistance: Burning Skies, a Sony PlayStation Vita game
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance, expansion pack of video game Operation Flashpoint
"Resistance", a map of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 multiplayer
The Resistance (game)

Resistance (Sheers novel), a 2007 alternative history novel by Owen Sheers
Resistance (Star Trek), a Star Trek: The Next Generation novel set after Star Trek: Nemesis
Resistance: The Underground War in Europe, 1939-1945, a 2022 book by Halik Kochanski
Resistance, a 1995 novel by Anita Shreve
The Resistance (Applegate novel), an Animorphs book

Resistance (Burning Spear album), 1986 album
Resistance (EP), a 2002 EP by Mika Nakashima
Resistance (Alove for Enemies album), 2006 album
The Resistance (Muse album), 2009 album
Resistance (The Casualties album), a 2012 album by New York street punk band The Casualties
Resistance (Winds of Plague album), a 2013 album by American deathcore band Winds of Plague
Resistance (IQ Album), 2019 album

"Resistance" (song), a 2010 song by English alternative rock band Muse
"Resistance", a song by Japanese band High and Mighty Color
"Resistance", a song by Soulfly from Enslaved
"La Resistance" (South Park song) a song from the musical South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
The Resistance, song by rock band Anberlin on New Surrender

Resistance (TV series), a 2014 French television period drama
Star Wars Resistance, a 2018 American animated television show about the namesake military organization
Resistance (miniseries), a 2019 Irish TV miniseries

"Resistance" (Battlestar Galactica), a Battlestar Galactica episode
"Resistance" (Star Trek: Voyager episode), the 28th episode of Star Trek: Voyager

Resistance (Doctor Who audio), a Dr Who audio presentation
Resistance (anarchist periodical), anarchist periodical published in New York from 1947 to 1954
Resistance: Journal of the Earth Liberation Movement, an earth liberation magazine

Resistance (YBNP), from 2011, new name of Young BNP (ages 18–30), a political youth organization
HMS Resistance, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy, and one planned one
Resistance during World War II
- French Resistance
- German resistance to Nazism
- Greek resistance
- Italian resistance movement
- Korean Resistance
- Polish resistance movement in World War II
- Yugoslav resistance
Resistance movement, an organized effort to oppose a legally established government or an occupying power
- Civil resistance
- Draft evasion, also draft resistance, organized or personal opposition to military conscription
- Nonviolent resistance
- Resistance through culture
Resistance: Young Socialist Alliance, an Australian Marxist organisation
White Aryan Resistance
The Resistance (American political movement), a movement protesting the presidency of Donald Trump

Disease resistance, the ability of an organism to resist diseases it is susceptible to
Airway resistance, a concept in respiratory physiology
Antibiotic resistance, used for bacteria resistant to antibiotics
Drug resistance, the reduction in effectiveness of a drug
Psychological resistance, the forces that counteract progress in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
- Resistance (psychoanalysis), the concept of resistance in psychoanalytic theory

Electrical resistance, the measure of the degree to which a conductor opposes an electric current through that conductor
Friction
- Drag (physics) ("air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow
Geological resistance, a measure of how well minerals resist erosive factors
- Hydraulic conductivity, the ease with which water can move through pore spaces or fractures in soil or rock
Hardness, in materials science
Thermal shock resistance, a measure of resistance of a material to temperature jumps.
Thermal resistance, a measure of difficulty of heat transfer through a substance
- Thermal conductivity, how well heat is conducted through a substance
- Thermal resistance in electronics, heat considerations in electronics design

Resistance (creativity), a concept created by author Steven Pressfield illustrating a purported mythical universal force he claims acts against human creativity
La Résistance (professional wrestling)
Resistance welding, a group of welding processes
Support and resistance, concepts in the technical analysis of securities in finance