fossilized
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˈfɑsɪlaɪzd/
- Formal
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fósil
- His thinking is so fossilized that he refuses to consider any new methods or approaches.
- fossilized bone
That one of the problems of the industrial city was the fact that the client structure was so fossilized.
- That one of the problems of the industrial city was the fact that the client structure was so fossilized.
Examples
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The past is perpetuated, almost fossilized in the city's form.
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But this promise will be frustrated unless political leaders in these nations are prepared to reform fossilized institutions, including political parties and justice systems, and unless Washington supports such efforts, helping committed reformers and working in concert with other outside actors.
Academic text (2004) -
But in other cases, we are faced with a fossilized lie, an ancient lie frozen into formula.
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Song and dance featured at post-independence official functions in Kenya have tended to present indigenous culture in a fossilized and cosmetic form in an attempt to forge a sense of nationhood as well as to acquaint urban audiences with indigenous culture.
Academic text (2000) -
The interest in question becomes isolated; it ceases to be fed by natural sources; it becomes rigid, petrified, fossilized, and unless its pretensions are broken down and interaction and balance restored, it decays; there is general relapse and stagnation, corruption.
Academic text (2017) -
Some traditional practices have become fossilized, resisting any change despite new insights.
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The organization is plagued by fossilized ideas that hinder innovation and progress.
Synonyms
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5.8
Very old-fashioned and not modern
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9.3
A form of life that comes from an early stage of growth and has changed little since
2
9.3
Very fixed and unwilling to change, often stuck in old ways
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7.8
Old-fashioned and slow to use new technology
Very old-fashioned and against change
Still holding old moral or religious beliefs
Old, tired ideas that are no longer interesting
Antonyms
How Rigid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fossilized comes from the word fossil, which are very old bones or plants that have been 'turned to stone'. So a fossilized idea or system is like that: stuck, old, and unable to change.