RESISTIVE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority

Synonyms:

insubordinate; resistant; resistive

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

defiant; noncompliant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)

Derivation:

resist (stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something)

resist (express opposition through action or words)

resist (refuse to comply)

Meaning:

Exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance

Example:

resistive load

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

resistance (a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms)

Derivation:

resistivity (a material's opposition to the flow of electric current; measured in ohms)