📚 Entrench, verb. ❓ Definition (with object): Establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely. ❗️ Examples: 1. Ageism is entrenched in our society. 2. Much of this reaction was informed by the firmly entrenched cultural beliefs associated with these creatures. 3. Unhealthy habits are entrenched in the lives of British children by the time they are 11 years old, world medical experts will be told this month. 4. Given the absence of an enabling set-up, biases are firmly entrenched within the institutional framework as policies. 5. He is one of the rare authors who can change minds on a subject where opinions are firmly entrenched. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic