resistants

noun

plural of resistant
as in resisters

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  1. insurgents
  2. rebels
  3. challengers
  4. revolutionaries
  5. insurrectionists
Noun
  • The establishment’s theory of the case has always been that popular insurgents are too risky, too unpolished, too outside the lane.
    — Tad Devine, Fortune, 7 July 2026
  • Fujimori, 51, is the daughter of late President Alberto Fujimori, who governed the country ​with an iron fist from 1990 to 2000 and was credited with defeating Maoist insurgents and taming runaway hyperinflation.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Definition of insurgents
Noun
  • He was convicted in 2009 of human rights abuses in the fight against the rebels, and later of corruption charges.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • He was convicted in 2009 of human rights abuses in the fight against the rebels and, later on, corruption charges.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of rebels
Noun
  • Season 42 continues on Wednesday with Richard Nguyen returning as champion to face two new challengers.
    — USA TODAY Staff, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Three Democratic incumbents have now lost to progressive challengers as midterms season kicks into high gear.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of challengers
Noun
  • Or was July 4, 1776, for the revolutionaries who founded the US, actually an undistinguished day?
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • Trade the tricorn hats, bonnets and homespun shirts for flip flops, sneakers and soccer jerseys, and the intrepid revolutionaries of 1776 would have looked a lot like the people of 2026.
    — Katherine Ott, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
Definition of revolutionaries
Noun
  • Thomas Hobbes took a very dim view of rebels and insurrectionists.
    — Austin Sarat, Fortune, 24 May 2026
  • The recipients will almost surely be insurrectionists and other allies.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026
Definition of insurrectionists
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