ingrained
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6.4
- adjective
- /ɪnˈɡreɪnd/
- Many of our ingrained beliefs about success are shaped by our upbringing.
- deeply ingrained
- so ingrained
- become so ingrained
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- And and yet they're so culturally ingrained that we just we just repeat them.
- Yes, it's but that's a pattern that is ingrained into females.
- Now, challenging people's ingrained ideas about food is a risky thing.
- Like, I think it comes from, I think it's ingrained from training.
- So it's this ingrained mentality that people have with success.
- Think of how old I am and think of how many years I had this ingrained pattern of screaming at myself.
- And I think I can so see why it's so ingrained into people that they need to approach it that way.
- To me, that's bad, obviously, but it goes to show how ingrained these things are and how much they have riding on those tuition costs.
- So values that reach inside of a character that are deeply ingrained that you can almost not change, you can't control.
- It's one of the things that is ingrained into us, a medical school is that when you make a mistake, you tell the patient.
- And it's also just probably the most deeply ingrained thing in him is his mission.
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Now, challenging people's ingrained ideas about food is a risky thing.
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Now, it's become so ingrained in contemporary rock music that it's practically invisible.
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And it's also just probably the most deeply ingrained thing in him is his mission.
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But we really feel that the culture, the tradition of the civil law system is too ingrained in that.
Academic text (1997) -
You have an ingrained tendency to go your own way, Thomas.
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MIT faculty have a deeply ingrained sense of service and mission.
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I grew up in a bread-centric family, and it is fairly ingrained (no pun intended) in me.
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For experienced teachers, defining goals is often so ingrained that it is automatic—a given that is sometimes not even articulated.
Academic text (1998) -
His ingrained habit of waking up early makes him more productive during the day.
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The idea that hard work leads to success is ingrained in our culture.
Synonyms
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3.7
Firmly connected to a particular place, idea, or feeling
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4.4
Held firmly inside something or made a normal part of a group
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6.7
Strongly fixed and hard to change, often about beliefs or habits
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4.3
Learned to react in a certain way through repeated experience or training
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4.7
A feeling or belief that people cannot easily change
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4.8
A feeling, belief or tradition that is very strong and hard to change
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Firmly fixed in a person or group and hard to change
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Deeply fixed in a person or group and hard to change
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4.2
Having a habit or belief that is unlikely to change
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Deeply fixed ideas or feelings that are hard to change
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A quality someone has from birth that is hard to change
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Firmly fixed in a person's mind or character
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Returning to your mind often and hard to forget
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Etymology
The word ingrained comes from the prefix in- 'in' and the word grain 'tiny part', like colour fixed into the tiny threads or lines of cloth and wood so it cannot be washed out. So an ingrained habit is one that is very deep and hard to change.