Resistance
c. mid-14c., from Old French resistance, earlier resistence, from Late Latin resistentia, from present participle stem of Latin resistere “make a stand against, oppose”.
Meaning “organized covert opposition to an occupying or ruling power” is from 1939.
Electromagnetic sense is from 1860.
Path of least resistance is from 1825, originally a term in science and engineering.
Resistances do not derive from a few heterogeneous principles; but neither are they a lure or a promise that is of necessity betrayed. They are the odd term in relations of power; they are inscribed in the latter as an irreducible opposite.
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1: An Introduction
Do not think that one has to be sad in order to be militant, even though the thing one is fighting is abominable.
Anti-Oedipus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
