noun
- the quality or state of being resistant to change, control, or influence
- the property of a material that opposes the flow of electric current
Usage: physics; electrical engineering
Examples
- The student’s resistiveness to authority made classroom management difficult.
- Her resistiveness to new ideas hindered the team’s progress.
- The material’s high resistiveness made it unsuitable for electrical wiring.
- The therapist worked to overcome the patient’s resistiveness to treatment.
- Engineers measured the resistiveness of various metals for the circuit design.
- His natural resistiveness to change slowed the company’s modernization efforts.