resistance movement

collocation in English

meaningsofresistanceandmovement

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resistance
noun
uk
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/us
/rɪˈzɪs.təns/
the act of fighting against something that is attacking you, or refusing to ...
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movement
noun
uk
/ˈmuːv.mənt/us
/ˈmuːv.mənt/
a change ...
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(Definition ofresistanceandmovementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The disciplinary strengths of the authors are evident throughout what is essentially an anthropology of a uniqueresistancemovementcrossing lines of ethnicity and religion.
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This latter narrative, formulated by members of theresistancemovement, was marginalised after the war and the consensus narrative became dominant.
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Historiography cannot provide new certainties, but can reconstruct the complex ideals and social and political dynamics which sustained theresistancemovement.
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This initiative was launched by theresistancemovementand continued into the first postwar years.
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There was no evidence that theresistancemovementwas responsible, and there were suggestions that agents provocateurs may have been involved.
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In addition, noresistancemovementaimed at monopolising the interpretation of the war and no occupation power dictated post-war conditions.
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This was, of course, strongly resented in theresistancemovement.
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The mechanism for the organisation of aresistancemovementat the grassroots level of the manor was thus created, and hence could be utilised again in the future.
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Com was also utilized as a military supply depot and an army disembarkation point for battalions withdrawing from, and arriving for, active duty against theresistancemovement.
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They have been the centres of theresistancemovementand their influence has been widespread and remarkable.
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They are, in embryo, a formidableresistancemovement.
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All in all, it would be difficult to imagine a situation more favourable for the rise of aresistancemovement.
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The war is being conducted by upwards of 80,000 troops who are engaged in fighting theresistancemovement.
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