ADJECTIVE
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(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
deep-rooted prejudice
ingrained habits of a lifetime
deep-seated differences of opinion
implanted convictions
a deeply planted need
How To Use deep-rooted In A Sentence
- Campaigners say there are deep-rooted cultural problems within the army that must be exposed and tackled.
- It may have been that this breakdown was an unbearable coming together of many deep-rooted, complex fears and anxieties.
- The idea that acts of love are inferior to principled acts is a deep-rooted philosophical tradition.
- The most intolerant citizens have called for a U.S. military invasion or an armed struggle to overthrow the deep-rooted stratocracy in Burma, due to the junta’s insistence on building a military-privileged country. Will civil strife recur in Burma?
- Then there is the deep-rooted fear of idleness.
- These days, his collection reveals a deep-rooted appreciation of traditional songcraft.
- There was almost a kind of healthiness about her hatred, based as it was on deep-rooted feelings, knowing no caution and no fear. The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship
- American self-aggrandizement, like all others I believe, is just communal biology at work and based on a deep-rooted drive to survive. Joe Woodward: Occup(ied) America: A Literary History
- Because there persists a deep-rooted socio-cultural norm that defines the "ideal worker" as someone who can be controlled, who doesn't challenge the status quo and has few entangling commitments that distract from a lopsided focus on work. Kathie Lingle: Initiating Tough Work-Life Conversations?
- When the ethnic or tribal hatred is as deep-rooted and has as its background such bestial conduct, it is ridiculous for the international community to try to re-impose the status quo ante.