deep-seated vs deep-seeded
deep-seated
Definitions
adjective
- (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
Examples
The strength of the novel lies not only in the depiction of a detailed future of hardship and privation, but in the expert characterisation of Shah: a lone figure whose origins leave him open to prejudice within the police department, and whose problematic relationship with an intersexual courtesan reveals his own deep-seated prejudices.
Many children have escaped or shown deep-seated reactions to their conscription by a group that had killed a loved one.
Part of the command-and-control legacy includes our deep-seated belief that there is only one answer.
