nonresistant

[ non-ri-zis-tuhnt ]

adjective

1. not able, conditioned, or constructed to withstand the effect of something, as a disease, a specific change in temperature, or harsh treatment; susceptible to damage or ill effects.
2. not resistant; passively obedient.

noun

1. a person who does not resist force.
2. a person who maintains that violence or established authority, even when tyrannical, should not be resisted by force.

nonresistant

/ ˌnɒnrɪˈzɪstənt /

adjective

1. incapable of resisting something, such as a disease; susceptible
2. history (esp in 17th-century England) practising passive obedience to royal authority even when its commands were unjust

Derived Forms

• ˌnonreˈsistance, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonresistant¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; non- + resistant

Example Sentences

Garrison, known to all as a nonresistant, made it clear that his sympathies were with the government.

From Project Gutenberg

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