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 of Roaring Brook Press, part of Holtzbrinck Publishers, First Second publishes fiction, biographies, personal memoirs, history, visual essays, and comics journalism. It als ...

Fictional characters

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

Ingress Ingress may refer to: Science and technology * Ingress (signal leakage), the passage of an outside signal into a coaxial cable * Ingress filtering, a computer network packet filtering technique * Ingress protection rating, a protection level that ...

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 ''The Resistance Banker'' ( nl, Bankier van het Verzet) is a 2018 Dutch World War II period drama film directed by Joram Lürsen. It is based on the life of banker Walraven van Hall who financed the Dutch resistance during the war. It became th ...

'' (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'', sequel to ''Resistance: Fall of Man'' **''

Resistance 3 ''Resistance 3'' is a 2011 science fiction post-apocalyptic first-person shooter developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. ''Resistance 3'' is the final installment in the ''Resistance'' tril ...

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

Music

Groups and labels

* Resistance Records, 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) 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 when Sassy and Meg left a ...

*"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'', 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 ''Dr Who'' audio presentation *'' Resistance: Journal of the Earth Liberation Movement'', an earth liberation magazine

Politics and military

Resistance (YBNP) BNP Youth (formerly Young BNP, BNP Crusaders, Resistance, Youth BNP, BNP Youth and YBNP) is the youth section of the far-right British National Party (BNP). History In 2002, the Young BNP chairman Mark Collett chose the Odal rune as the logo for ...

, 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 ** French Resistance **

German resistance to Nazism Many individuals and groups in Germany that were opposed to the Nazi Germany, Nazi regime engaged in active resistance, including assassination attempts on Adolf Hitler, attempts to remove Adolf Hitler from power by assassination or by overthro ...

Italian resistance movement The Italian resistance movement (the ''Resistenza italiana'' and ''la Resistenza'') is an umbrella term for the Italian resistance groups who fought the occupying forces of Nazi Germany and the fascist collaborationists of the Italian Social ...

** Korean Resistance **

Polish resistance movement in World War II The Polish resistance movement in World War II (''Polski ruch oporu w czasie II wojny światowej''), with the Polish Home Army at its forefront, was the largest underground resistance movement in all of occupied Europe, covering both German a ...

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

Civil resistance Civil resistance is 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 coercion: i ...

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

Nonviolent resistance Nonviolent resistance (NVR), 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, cons ...

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

The Resistance (American political movement) The Resistance (also known as the #Resistance) is an American liberal political movement that protested the presidency of Donald Trump, starting in November 2016. It later expanded to include not only Democrats, but Independents and Republicans w ...

, a movement protesting the presidency of Donald Trump

Science and healthcare

Botany and horticulture

* Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables * Pesticide resistance * Plant disease resistance

Ecology

* Resistance (ecology)

Healthcare

* Disease resistance, the ability of an organism to resist diseases it is susceptible to * Airway resistance, a concept in respiratory physiology *

Antibiotic resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes evolve mechanisms that protect them from the effects of antimicrobials. All classes of microbes can evolve resistance. Fungi evolve antifungal resistance. Viruses evolve antiviral resistance. ...

, used for bacteria resistant to antibiotics * Drug resistance, the reduction in effectiveness of a drug * Psychological resistance, the forces that counteract progress in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy * Response based therapy, counselling involving discussion of victims' acts of resistance to violence

Physics

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

Drag (physics) In fluid dynamics, drag (sometimes called air resistance, a type of friction, or fluid resistance, another type of friction or fluid friction) is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fl ...

("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, the ease with which water can move through pore spaces or fractures in soil or rock * Hardness, in materials science * Thermal shock resistance, a measure of resistance of a material to temperature jumps. * Thermal resistance, a measure of difficulty of heat transfer through a substance ** Thermal conductivity, how well heat is conducted through a substance ** Thermal resistance in electronics, heat considerations in electronics design

Other uses

Resistance (creativity) Resistance is a mythical 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 i ...

, a concept created by author Steven Pressfield illustrating a purported mythical universal force he claims acts against human creativity * La Résistance (professional wrestling) * Resistance welding, a group of welding processes *

Support and resistance In stock market technical analysis, support and resistance are certain predetermined levels of the price of a security at which it is thought that the price will tend to stop and reverse. These levels are denoted by multiple touches of price with ...

, concepts in the technical analysis of securities in finance