Dictionary:

resistive

  (rĭ-zĭs'tĭv)

Of, tending toward, or marked by resistance: a person resistive to change.

adjective

1. Having the capacity to withstand: immune, impervious, insusceptible, proof, resistant, unsusceptible. See resist/yield.
2. Tending to resist, as an influence or idea: renitent, resistant, resisting. See resist/yield.

The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: exhibiting or relating to electrical resistance
  Pertains to noun: resistance (meaning #3)

Meaning #2: disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority
  Synonyms: insubordinate, resistant