ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsEentrenched
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entrenched
Meaning: firmly established and difficult to change
entrenched in a sentence
How entrenched is used in real sentences:
Entrenched rivalries prevented the two groups from cooperating.
The principal faced entrenched opposition to changing the school's schedule.
“Behind this disorder stood an entrenched circle of senior managers who had resisted every earlier request for independent review.”
— from the passage The Threads in the Ledger
Synonyms for entrenched
Other words for entrenched — ingrained, rooted and established — carry the same meaning.
- ingrained
- rooted
- established
Antonyms of entrenched
Words that mean the opposite of entrenched:
- temporary
- shallow
- changeable
Where it comes from
From French entrencher, meaning 'to surround with a trench.'
Memory hook
EN-TRENCHED means protected by a trench: an entrenched belief is hard to dislodge.
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