Resistance may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Comics

* 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 First Second Books is an American publisher of graphic novels. An imprint (trade name), imprint of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck, Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual e ...

Fictional characters

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

Films

* ''Resistance'' (1945 film), a 1945 French film * ''Resistance'' (1992 film), a 1992 Australian film * ''Resistance'' (2003 film), a 2003 war film, with Bill Paxton * ''Resistance'' (2011 film), a 2011 war film, with Michael Sheen * ''Resistance'' (2020 film), a 2020 war film, with Jesse Eisenberg * ''The Resistance'' (film), a 2011 Chinese war film *'' The Resistance Banker'' (2018), a Dutch drama film

Games

* ''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 ''Resistance 2'' is a 2008 first-person shooter video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. The game was released in North America on November 4, 2008, in Australia on November 27, ...

'', 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)

Literature

* ''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 Anita Hale Shreve (October 7, 1946 – March 29, 2018) was an American writer, chiefly known for her novels. One of her first published stories, ''Past the Island, Drifting'' (published 1975), was awarded an O. Henry Prize in 1976. Early ...

* ''The Resistance'' (Applegate novel), an ''Animorphs'' book

Music

Groups and labels

Resistance Records Resistance Records was a Canadian record label owned by Resistance LLC which was closely connected to the organization National Alliance. It produced and sold music by neo-Nazi and white separatist musicians, primarily through its website. Adve ...

, a white power music label

Albums

* ''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

Songs

* "Resistance" (song), a 2010 song by English alternative rock band Muse *"Resistance", a song by Japanese band

High and Mighty Color High and Mighty Color (stylized as HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR and abbreviated as H&MC) was a Japanese rock band active from 2003 to 2010. They had two vocalists; a male and a female. History Formation and Anti-Nobunaga The band started in Okinawa w ...

*"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''

Television

Series

* ''Resistance'' (TV series), a 2014 French television period drama *''

Star Wars Resistance ''Star Wars Resistance'' is an American 3D animated comic science fiction television series produced by Lucasfilm Animation. It follows Kazuda Xiono, a New Republic pilot who is recruited by the Resistance to spy on the growing threat of ...

'', a 2018 American animated television show about the namesake military organization * ''Resistance'' (miniseries), a 2019 Irish TV miniseries

Episodes

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

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Resistance'' (Doctor Who audio), a ''Doctor 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

Politics and military

* 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 During World War II, resistance movements operated in German-occupied Europe by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation to propaganda, hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns. In many countries, r ...

French Resistance The French Resistance ( ) was a collection of groups that fought the German military administration in occupied France during World War II, Nazi occupation and the Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy#France, collaborationist Vic ...

German resistance to Nazism The German resistance to Nazism () included unarmed and armed opposition and disobedience to the Nazi Germany, Nazi regime by various movements, groups and individuals by various means, from assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler, attempts to ass ...

** Greek resistance **

Italian resistance movement The Italian Resistance ( ), or simply ''La'' , consisted of all the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social Republic during the Second World War in Italy ...

** Korean Resistance **

Polish resistance movement in World War II In Poland, the Resistance during World War II, resistance movement during World War II was led by the Home Army. The Polish resistance is notable among others for disrupting German supply lines to the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front ...

Yugoslav resistance Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1 ...

Resistance movement A resistance movement is an organized group of people that tries to resist or try to overthrow a government or an occupying power, causing disruption and unrest in civil order and stability. Such a movement may seek to achieve its goals through ei ...

, an organized effort to oppose a legally established government or an occupying power **

Civil resistance Civil resistance is a form of political action that relies on the use of nonviolent resistance by ordinary people to challenge a particular power, force, policy or regime. Civil resistance operates through appeals to the adversary, pressure and co ...

Draft evasion Conscription evasion or draft evasion (American English) is any successful attempt to elude a government-imposed obligation to serve in the military forces of one's nation. Sometimes draft evasion involves refusing to comply with the military dr ...

, also draft resistance, organized or personal opposition to military conscription **

Nonviolent resistance Nonviolent resistance, or nonviolent action, sometimes called civil resistance, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation, satyagraha, construct ...

** Resistance through culture * Resistance: Young Socialist Alliance, an Australian Marxist organisation *

White Aryan Resistance White Aryan Resistance (WAR) is a white supremacist and neo-Nazi organization in the United States which was founded and formerly led by former Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Tom Metzger. It was based in Warsaw, Indiana, and it was also incorpora ...

* The Resistance (American political movement), a movement protesting the presidency of Donald Trump

Science and healthcare

Botany and horticulture

Pesticide resistance Pesticide resistance describes the decreased susceptibility of a pest population to a pesticide that was previously effective at controlling the pest. Pest species evolve pesticide resistance via natural selection: the most resistant specimens su ...

Plant disease resistance Plant disease resistance protects plants from pathogens in two ways: by pre-formed structures and chemicals, and by infection-induced responses of the immune system. Relative to a susceptible plant, disease resistance is the reduction of pathogen ...

Ecology

Resistance (ecology) In the context of ecological stability, resistance is the property of community (ecology), communities or populations to remain "essentially unchanged" when subject to disturbance (ecology), disturbance. The inverse of resistance is sensitivity. S ...

Healthcare

Disease resistance Disease resistance is the ability to prevent or reduce the presence of diseases in otherwise susceptible hosts. It can arise from genetic or environmental factors, such as incomplete penetrance. Disease tolerance is different as it is the abilit ...

, the ability of an organism to resist diseases it is susceptible to *

Airway resistance In respiratory physiology, airway resistance is the resistance of the respiratory tract to airflow during inhalation and exhalation. Airway resistance can be measured using plethysmography. Definition Analogously to Ohm's law: :R_ = \frac Where: ...

, a concept in respiratory physiology *

Antibiotic resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR or AR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from antimicrobials, which are drugs used to treat infections. This resistance affects all classes of microbes, including bacteria (antibiotic resis ...

, used for bacteria resistant to antibiotics *

Drug resistance Drug resistance is the reduction in effectiveness of a medication such as an antimicrobial or an antineoplastic in treating a disease or condition. The term is used in the context of resistance that pathogens or cancers have "acquired", that is ...

, the reduction in effectiveness of a drug *

Psychological resistance Psychological resistance, also known as psychological resistance to change, is the phenomenon often encountered in clinical practice in which patients either directly or indirectly exhibit paradoxical opposing behaviors in presumably a clinically ...

, the forces that counteract progress in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy **

Resistance (psychoanalysis) In psychoanalysis, resistance is the individual's efforts to prevent Repression (psychoanalysis), repressed drives, feelings or thoughts from being integrated into conscious awareness. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalytic theory, develo ...

, the concept of resistance in psychoanalytic theory

Physics

Electrical resistance The electrical resistance of an object is a measure of its opposition to the flow of electric current. Its reciprocal quantity is , measuring the ease with which an electric current passes. Electrical resistance shares some conceptual paral ...

, the measure of the degree to which a conductor opposes an electric current through that conductor *

Friction Friction is the force resisting the relative motion of solid surfaces, fluid layers, and material elements sliding against each other. Types of friction include dry, fluid, lubricated, skin, and internal -- an incomplete list. The study of t ...

Drag (physics) In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the direction of motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid. This can exist between two fluid layers, two solid surfaces, or b ...

("air resistance"), fluid or gas forces opposing motion and flow *

Geological resistance Geological resistance is a measure of how well minerals resist erosive factors, and is based primarily on hardness, chemical reactivity and cohesion. The more hardness, less reactivity and more cohesion a mineral has, the less susceptible it is ...

, a measure of how well minerals resist erosive factors **

Hydraulic conductivity In science and engineering, hydraulic conductivity (, in SI units of meters per second), is a property of porous materials, soils and Rock (geology), rocks, that describes the ease with which a fluid (usually water) can move through the porosity, ...

, the ease with which water can move through pore spaces or fractures in soil or rock *

Hardness In materials science, hardness (antonym: softness) is a measure of the resistance to plastic deformation, such as an indentation (over an area) or a scratch (linear), induced mechanically either by Pressing (metalworking), pressing or abrasion ...

, in materials science * Thermal shock resistance, a measure of resistance of a material to temperature jumps. *

Thermal resistance In heat transfer, thermal engineering, and thermodynamics, thermal conductance and thermal resistance are fundamental concepts that describe the ability of materials or systems to conduct heat and the opposition they offer to the heat current. ...

, a measure of difficulty of heat transfer through a substance **

Thermal conductivity The thermal conductivity of a material is a measure of its ability to heat conduction, conduct heat. It is commonly denoted by k, \lambda, or \kappa and is measured in W·m−1·K−1. Heat transfer occurs at a lower rate in materials of low ...

, how well heat is conducted through a substance **

Thermal resistance in electronics In heat transfer, thermal engineering, and thermodynamics, thermal conductance and thermal resistance are fundamental concepts that describe the ability of materials or systems to conduct heat and the opposition they offer to the heat current. ...

, heat considerations in electronics design

Other uses

Resistance (creativity) Resistance is a concept created by American novelist Steven Pressfield that illustrates the universal force that he claims acts against human creativity. It was first described in his non-fiction book '' The War of Art'' and elaborated in the f ...

, a concept created by author Steven Pressfield illustrating a purported mythical universal force he claims acts against human creativity *

La Résistance (professional wrestling) La Résistance was a professional wrestling tag team and former stable who performed for World Wrestling Entertainment. The name of the team is a reference to the French Resistance. History World Wrestling Entertainment Debut The stable was cr ...

* Resistance welding, a group of welding processes * Support and resistance, concepts in the technical analysis of securities in finance