Are inclined to suppress resistance and rage (5)
I believe the answer is:
trend
'rage' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'are inclined to suppress resistance' is the wordplay.
'are inclined to' becomes 'tend' (eg 'they tend to go to bed early').
'suppress' is an insertion indicator.
'resistance' becomes 'r' (abbreviation in physics and electronics).
'tend' going around 'r' is 'TREND'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for trend that I've seen before include "The way things are going?" , "General line of orientation" , "Style, vogue" , "Leaning; fashion" , "Drift; vogue" .)