resistiveness

We have seen the stout resistiveness of the old moral interpretation of history on which Victorian England thrived and made itself great in its own esteem.

Trans-national America 1969

The original in conduct, that is to say, resistiveness to the voice of the herd, will be suppressed by natural selection; the wolf which does not follow the impulses of the herd will be starved; the sheep which does not respond to the flock will be eaten.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

The original in conduct, that is to say, resistiveness to the voice of the herd, will be suppressed by natural selection; the wolf which does not follow the impulses of the herd will be starved; the sheep which does not respond to the flock will be eaten.

Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926

We have seen the stout resistiveness of the old moral interpretation of history on which Victorian England thrived and made itself great in its own esteem.

Trans-national America 1916

The "mild" cases showed a group of symptoms which might be termed contra-environmental, viz. allopsychic delusions, sicchasia (refusal of food), resistiveness, violence, destructiveness.

The Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1916

Besides from her strong resistiveness and constitutional obstinacy, she is liable every moment to turn short from the main point and spend her whole force upon some little one-side annoyance that might temporarily nettle her.

The Grimke Sisters Birney, Catherine H. 1885