レジスタンス

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Meanings

noun

resistance movement; the Resistance

Refers to organized opposition, especially popular resistance against military invasion. Sense 2 is the specific historical French Resistance against Nazi occupation in WWII, but the word is also used for other resistance movements.

from French résistance

フランスのレジスタンスはナチスに対たいして勇ゆう敢かんに戦たたかった。
The French Resistance fought bravely against the Nazis.
占せん領りょう下かの国くに々ぐにでは、しばしばレジスタンス運うん動どうが生うまれる。
Resistance movements often arise in occupied countries.

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Usage patterns

レジスタンスに参さん加かするto join the resistance movement
彼かれは若わかい頃ころ、レジスタンスに参さん加かした。
When he was young, he joined the Resistance.
レジスタンス運うん動どうresistance movement
フランスのレジスタンス運うん動どうはナチス占せん領りょう下かで発はっ展てんした。
The French Resistance movement developed under Nazi occupation.
〈相あい手て〉に対たいするレジスタンスresistance against 〈someone/something〉
占せん領りょう軍ぐんに対たいするレジスタンスが各かく地ちで起おこった。
Resistance against the occupying army broke out in various places.

Related words

抵てい抗こうN3
抵抗 is the general Japanese word for resistance in any sense (physical, electrical, psychological), while レジスタンス specifically denotes an organized political or military resistance movement.
反はん乱らんN1
反乱 means an armed rebellion or revolt against authority, whereas レジスタンス emphasizes organized resistance against occupation rather than an uprising to seize power.

Don't confuse with

スタンス
レジスタンス (resistance) sounds similar to スタンス but has an unrelated meaning of opposition or resistance, not stance or posture.

Etymology

Borrowed from French 'résistance', meaning resistance or opposition. Entered Japanese primarily through historical and political contexts, especially referring to the French Resistance during World War II.