entrenched
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6.7
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtrɛnʧt/
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arraigado
- Government and Communist Party practices are becoming more entrenched and systematic.
- deeply entrenched
That's just deeply entrenched in us as animals.
- That's just deeply entrenched in us as animals.
- It seems like the entrenched power of the office is just enormous.
- And as my heart started to awaken more, I realized how deeply entrenched I was in attachments.
- It's obviously a, a, a very entrenched problem.
- And, and, and, and your, your views will become more entrenched.
- So the problem with that, though, is that it became entrenched dogma.
- It's about the perils of our entrenched corporate slash government slash media industrial complex.
- And older folks, the patterns, all the patterns of narcissism will be just as entrenched.
Examples
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The court feared the entrenched forces of segregation might cling to a dissent as a life preserver for Jim Crow.
Academic text (2004) -
It seems like the entrenched power of the office is just enormous.
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No, it's a much smaller issue, not nearly as entrenched as those other things were.
Blog text (32) -
Special interests had become so entrenched in Washington and in state capitals that it was difficult to see a way forward.
Academic text (2010) -
It makes recommendations to address the deeply entrenched gender bias in the Indian police force.
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Today we are confronted by a staggering array of entrenched and interrelated problems.
Academic text (1999) -
Once metabolic syndrome is present, inflammation becomes more entrenched and less likely to resolve itself.
Blog text (19) -
Posner insists that the arguments of academic moralists are weak and have no power to change our entrenched intuitions.
Academic text (2000) -
Many saw the BIA as a collection of entrenched bureaucrats wedded to un-American programs and determined to protect their own jobs.
Academic text (1991) -
In many communities, entrenched stereotypes make it difficult for people to accept others who are different.
Synonyms
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4.7
A feeling or belief that people cannot easily change
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5.5
Firmly fixed in a person or group and hard to change
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6.9
Deeply fixed in a person or group and hard to change
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4.8
A feeling, belief or tradition that is very strong and hard to change
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6.4
Firmly fixed in a person, especially a habit or belief, so it is hard to change
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Firmly connected to a particular place, idea, or feeling
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6.5
Part of an official system and accepted as normal in an organization
Firmly fixed in a person's mind or character
Having a habit or belief that is unlikely to change
Held firmly inside something or made a normal part of a group
Very strict about rules or ways and unlikely to change
Known and accepted because it has existed for a long time
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How Ingrained
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Morphology
Etymology
The word entrenched comes from the parts en- meaning 'in' and trench meaning 'deep ditch' used by soldiers for protection. So an entrenched habit, belief, or position is like something placed in a protected ditch: fixed and difficult to change.