nonresistant

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌnɑnrɪˈzɪstənt/ UK /ˌnɒnrɪˈzɪstənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
offering no resistance; not resistant

The pacifist sect was wholly nonresistant to the soldiers.

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Synonyms

1 adj · offering no resistance; not... unresisting yielding submissive passive compliant pacifist

Opposites

resistant defiant opposing

Word family

Related forms resistant resist resistance

Etymology

From non- ('not') + resistant, from Latin resistere ('to stand back, oppose'), from re- ('back') + sistere ('to take a stand').

non Latin resistere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# nonresistant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌnɑnrɪˈzɪstənt/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒnrɪˈzɪstənt/

## Meanings
1. offering no resistance; not resistant

## Examples
- The pacifist sect was wholly nonresistant to the soldiers.

## Synonyms
- unresisting
- yielding
- submissive
- passive
- compliant
- pacifist

## Antonyms
- resistant
- defiant
- opposing

## Related Forms
- resistant
- resist
- resistance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: resistere

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + resistant, from Latin resistere ('to stand back, oppose'), from re- ('back') + sistere ('to take a stand').

## AI Etymology
Nonresistant is from non- ('not') + resistant, from Latin resistere ('to stand back, oppose'), from re- ('back') + sistere ('to take a stand'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and resistere (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers offering no resistance; not resistant. The wider family includes related words such as resistant, resist, and resistance.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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