New American Oxford Dictionary
entrenched
en trenched |enˈtrenCHt ɪnˈtrentʃt | ▶adjective (of an attitude, habit, or belief ) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained: an entrenched resistance to change.
Oxford Dictionary
entrenched
en |trenched |ɪnˈtrɛn (t )ʃt, ɛn- | ▶adjective (of an attitude, habit, or belief ) firmly established and difficult or unlikely to change; ingrained: an entrenched resistance to change.
American Oxford Thesaurus
entrenched
entrenched adjective they tend to cling to entrenched attitudes: ingrained, established, confirmed, fixed, firm, deep-seated, deep-rooted; unshakable, indelible, ineradicable, inexorable.
Oxford Thesaurus
entrenched, intrenched
entrenched, intrenched adjective officials tended to cling to entrenched attitudes: ingrained, established, well established, long-established; confirmed, fixed, set firm, firm; deep-seated, deep-rooted, rooted, deep-set; unshakeable, irremovable, indelible, ineradicable, inveterate, immutable, inexorable, dyed-in-the-wool. ANTONYMS superficial.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
entrenched
en tr é nched /-t /形容詞 〈意志 習慣などが 〉強固な, 変わることのない ▸ an entrenched attitude [tradition ]確固たる態度 [確立された伝統 ]
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