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entrenched
/ɪnˈtrenʃt/ adjectiveDefinition
› Entrenched ideas are so fixed or have existed for so long that they cannot be changed: These attitudes are firmly entrenched in our culture.
(Definition of entrenched adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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