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deep-rooted

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deep-root·ed (dprtd, -rtd)
adj.
Firmly implanted; well-established: deep-rooted prejudices.
deep-rooted, deep-seated
adj
(of ideas, beliefs, prejudices, etc.) firmly fixed, implanted, or held; ingrained
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.deep-rooted - (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"
deep-seated, implanted, ingrained, planted
constituted, established - brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established; "the established social order"; "distrust the constituted authority"; "a team established as a member of a major league"; "enjoyed his prestige as an established writer"; "an established precedent"; "the established Church"
Translations
deep-rooted [ˈdiːpˈruːtɪd] ADJ (Bot, fig) → profundamente arraigado
deep-rooted [ˌdiːpˈruːtɪd] adj (prejudice) → profondamente radicato/a; (affection) → profondo/a; (habit) → inveterato/a
deep-rooted [ˌdiːpˈruːtɪd] adj (prejudice) → profondamente radicato/a; (affection) → profondo/a; (habit) → inveterato/a


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It was this: I asked myself whether there was not in his soul some deep-rooted instinct of creation, which the circumstances of his life had obscured, but which grew relentlessly, as a cancer may grow in the living tissues, till at last it took possession of his whole being and forced him irresistibly to action.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Three weeks later, when Dorlcote Mill was at its prettiest moment in all the year,--the great chestnuts in blossom, and the grass all deep and daisied,--Tom Tulliver came home to it earlier than usual in the evening, and as he passed over the bridge, he looked with the old deep-rooted affection at the respectable red brick house, which always seemed cheerful and inviting outside, let the rooms be as bare and the hearts as sad as they might inside.
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
Now, if there was one individual in the whole world, of whom the spinster aunt entertained a mortal and deep-rooted jealousy, it was this identical niece.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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