entrenched

entrenched
en·trenched
[ɪnˈtren(t)ʃt, AM enˈ-]
adj
1. (pej: ingrained) verwurzelt; idea, prejudice, racism festgesetzt; behaviour, word eingebürgert; attitudes etabliert
\entrenched habit alte Gewohnheit
firmly \entrenched fest verankert
to become \entrenched attitudes, behaviour, word sich akk einbürgern; idea, prejudice, racism sich akk festsetzen
2. MIL verschanzt
3. LAW
\entrenched clause verfassungsrechtliche Schutzklausel
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adj
1) (= established) position unbeugsam; ideas festgefügt; belief, attitude fest verwurzelt; interests etabliert; power, bureaucracy etabliert, festgesetzt; behaviour, person inflexibel

deeply entrenched beliefs/prejudices — tief verwurzelte Überzeugungen/Vorurteile pl

to be/become entrenched in sth (word, custom) — sich in etw (dat) eingebürgert haben/einbürgern; (idea, prejudice) sich in etw (dat) festgesetzt haben/festsetzen; (belief) in etw (dat) verwurzelt sein/sich in etw (dat) verwurzeln

you're too entrenched in the past — Sie sind zu sehr in der Vergangenheit verhaftet

2) (MIL) eingegraben, verschanzt

to take up entrenched positions — sich verschanzen


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