{
  "id": "resist.oppose",
  "term": "resist",
  "sense": "oppose",
  "pos": "verb",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 20,
  "domain": "general",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "To persist against a change that is caused by another thing.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "persist.continue",
      "interaction.process",
      "change.process"
    ],
    "interaction": "When persistence acts within an interaction that brings change, resisting occurs.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "opposition to force",
      "maintenance under pressure"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "inertia.resistance",
      "type": "abstracts",
      "note": "resist is more general; inertia is physical resistance"
    },
    {
      "id": "persist.continue",
      "type": "contrasts-with",
      "note": "resist implies active opposition; persist may be passive"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "resist",
    "resisted",
    "resisting",
    "resists"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-resist.oppose"
}