deep-seated
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deep-seat·ed
(dēp′sē′tĭd)adj.
1. Deeply rooted; ingrained: deep-seated ideological differences.
2. Being so far below the surface as to be unsusceptible to superficial examination, study, or treatment: a deep-seated infection.
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deep′-seat′ed
adj.
firmly implanted or established: a deep-seated loyalty.
[1735–45]
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Adj. | 1. | deep-seated - (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" 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" |
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deep-seated
deep-rootedadjective fixed, confirmed, rooted, settled, entrenched, ingrained, inveterate, dyed-in-the-wool, ineradicable long-term solutions to a deep-seated problem
surface, slight, external, shallow, on the surface, exterior, superficial, peripheral, skin-deep, eradicable
surface, slight, external, shallow, on the surface, exterior, superficial, peripheral, skin-deep, eradicable
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deep-seated
adjectiveFirmly established by long standing:
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