NONRESISTANT


Meaning of NONRESISTANT in English

I. “+ adjective

Etymology: non- (I) + resistant

: not resistant: as

a. : practicing or adhering to nonresistance

pacifist and nonresistant in attitude and program — G.F.Hershberger

b. : not capable of resisting : incapable of offering opposition (as to a disease) : susceptible

nonresistant strains of mice

II. noun

: a person who maintains or acts on the theory that no resistance should be made to constituted authority even when unjust or oppressive ; also : one who holds that violence should never be resisted by force

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.