massive resistance

collocation in English

meaningsofmassiveandresistance

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massive
adjective
uk
/ˈmæs.ɪv/us
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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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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(Definition ofmassiveandresistancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Nevertheless, the cautious and gradualist stance of the moderates did not offer a convincing alternative to themassiveresistancestrategy so passionately advocated by the conservatives.
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It is important, however, to note that conservatives at the time were much less confident than their moderate protagonists that public opinion was overwhelmingly in themassiveresistancecamp.
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The main constraint here is themassiveresistanceto change which begins in this place.
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That would lead tomassiveresistancefrom the residents and cause anxiety and heartache to those who would suffer the consequences.
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Massiveresistanceis building up in the country towards nuclear energy, so we are left with coal.
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That is not due to sheriff officers' good nature but to the strength of some local authorities and to themassiveresistanceof the anti-poll tax campaign.
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Not unexpected, the plan facedmassiveresistancefrom the private sector insurance companies.
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Numerous public schools had been closed through the tactics of "massiveresistance".
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The student movement succeeded in organizing amassiveresistanceagainst these reforms.
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He was notorious for his role in themassiveresistanceto racial desegregation by closing public schools rather than submit to court-ordered integration.
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But public opinion had yet to coalesce againstmassiveresistance.
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Many southern jurisdictions mountedmassiveresistanceto the policy.
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But all these plans are facingmassiveresistancefrom the people of the state who mainly depend on agriculture for livelihood.
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It didn't bring expected results but the start of themassiveresistancepartisan movement.
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In the early 1960s, he supportedmassiveresistanceto court-ordered school integration.
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Historians generally list this date as the end ofmassiveresistance.
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Previous governors had always proclaimedmassiveresistanceto integration.
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State and federal courts struck down most of themassiveresistancelaws in 1960.
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