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resistance vs involuntariness

involuntariness vs resistance

resistance and involuntariness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
resistance Yes No No No
involuntariness Yes No No No
As nouns, involuntariness is a hypernym of resistance; that is, involuntariness is a word with a broader meaning than resistance:
  • resistance: (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
  • involuntariness: the trait of being unwilling
Other hypernyms of resistance include unwillingness.
resistance (noun) involuntariness (noun)
group action in opposition to those in power the trait of being unwilling
the military action of resisting the enemy's advance
the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with
an electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria)
(psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness
a secret group organized to overthrow a government or occupation force
any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion
a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms
(medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease
the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents
Difference between resistance and involuntariness

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