effective resistance

noun

Electricity.

1. the resistance to an alternating current, expressed as the ratio of the power dissipated to the square of the effective current.

Example Sentences

As the Dear Leader, he is trying to remake American society in his own image and according to his personal fantasies — and he has encountered little effective resistance while doing so.

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The administration’s attempts to end multiracial pluralistic democracy is accelerating with little effective resistance from civil society or the mass public.

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I think we should be able to mount an effective resistance.

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That conflict points to the arena where the most effective resistance to Trump policies may play out: federal courts.

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To avoid that fate, we must mount sustained and effective resistance in each of those domains.

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