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Lesson 4: Identifying main idea and themeResistance | Vocabulary
Let’s explore the meaning and origin of the word “resistance”. Created by David Rheinstrom.
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- [Instructor] What's up, wordsmiths? This video is about the word resistance. Resistance. It's a noun. It means opposition, an effort to stop or fight
something or someone. We could say the developers wanted to turn the community garden into a parking lot, but they were stopped by stiff resistance from the neighborhood. No, don't. Yay for gardens, right? The community tried hard
to stop the developers. They resisted the plan. Derivation time. This word ultimately comes
from Latin word parts, so re meaning back again or against, and sistere, meaning to
stand firm, to stay put. So to resist something, to express your resistance is to stand firm against it
consistently again and again. Take the next 10 seconds to
think of some English words that contain either of those
elements, either re or sist. Ready? Let's go. (upbeat music) Here are some that I thought of. Persist, which means to continue through a difficult situation. Per means through, right? You stick with it. You stay
put through difficulty. Renew, which is to start something again, or make something new again, like renewing a checkout from the library, or insist, which is to
make a forceful demand, to stand firm about something, right? I insist on my right to a glazed donut. Let's use resistance in
a couple of sentences. Professor Insidious could
not poison Ms. Excellent, because of her legendary
resistance to toxins. That's a superhero I just made up. That's her thing. She can't be poisoned. She's highly resistant to poisons. Ooh, that's a good one. Let's use the adjective form, resistant. Put on an A-N-T ending there. When they offered to fly
me across the country, I was resistant at first. That's our adjective
form. I was resistant. I didn't wanna do it. I opposed it. I exhibited resistance. I hope that you do not exhibit resistance to learning, dear Wordsmiths, because I remain confident
that you can learn anything. David Allen.