ossify
verb [I or T] (IDEAS) /ˈɒs.ɪ.faɪ/
/ˈɑː.sə-/ formal disapprovingDefinition
› If habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to change: Years of easy success had ossified the company's thinking and it never faced up to the challenge of the new technology.Not able to be changedKeeping and staying the same ossification /ˌɒs.ɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
/ˌɑː.sə-/ noun [U] Problems with bones, joints and teethDentistryThe teeth ossified /-faɪd/ adjective Hard and firm
/ˌɑː.sə-/ noun [U] Problems with bones, joints and teethDentistryThe teeth ossified /-faɪd/ adjective Hard and firm (Definition of ossify verb (IDEAS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots idiom
- be no hard and fast rules idiom
- burn your boats/bridges idiom
- congenital adjective
- continuity noun
- finally adverb (CERTAINLY)
- firm verb (STOP CHANGING)
- fixed adjective (ARRANGED)
- fixity noun
- hard line noun
- inflexible adjective
- ingrained adjective (BELIEFS)
- institutionalized racism noun
- irredeemable adjective
- irreducible adjective
- irrevocable adjective
- Rubicon noun
- stasis noun
- stuck adjective
- uncompromising adjective
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Not able to be changed
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