imprinted
Pressed into memory
Imprinted describes something that has been stamped, marked, or fixed deeply.
A logo imprinted on merchandise is physically pressed into the surface.
Memories can be imprinted on the mind—fixed there lastingly.
In biology, imprinting is a rapid learning process in young animals that forms attachment to a parent figure: The goslings imprinted on the first moving thing they saw.
By extension, people speak of being imprinted by formative experiences.
Carved into a surface
- carvedCut to create form
- incisedCut into surface
- inscribedCarved writing into
- embossedHaving raised design
stamped · pressed · debossed · chiseled · grooved · scored · tooled · intaglio
Impossible to remove
- lastingContinuing through time
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- unforgettablePermanently fixed in memory
- etchedCarved into a surface
seared · burned · ingrained · permanent · deep · emotional · traumatic · childhood
Forming close connections
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- ducklingImmature waterfowl offspring
- goslingJuvenile waterfowl
- LorenzAustrian animal behaviorist
hatchling · maternal · filial · following · newborn · recognition · offspring · parent
Given a particular form
- moldedShaped by a cast
- conditionedTaught automatic responses
- instilledGradually imparted values
- ingrainedFirmly established by habit
inculcated · internalized · absorbed · socialized · indoctrinated · taught · nurtured · cultivated
Of the full chromosome set
- epigeneticsHeritable expression changes, sequence intact
- methylationAttaching a methyl group
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- chromosomalRelating to genetic structures
paternal · maternal · allele · gene · expression · DNA · silencing · hereditary
etched
Carved into a surface
embossed · stamped · pressed · debossed · chiseled · grooved · scored · tooled · intaglio · letterpress
indelible
Impossible to remove
- lastingContinuing through time
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- unforgettablePermanently fixed in memory
etched · seared · burned · ingrained · permanent · deep · emotional · traumatic · childhood · formative
bonding
Forming close connections
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- ducklingImmature waterfowl offspring
- goslingJuvenile waterfowl
Lorenz · hatchling · maternal · filial · following · newborn · recognition · offspring · parent · instinctual
shaped
Given a particular form
- moldedShaped by a cast
- conditionedTaught automatic responses
- instilledGradually imparted values
ingrained · inculcated · internalized · absorbed · socialized · indoctrinated · taught · nurtured · cultivated · mentored
genomic
Of the full chromosome set
- epigeneticsHeritable expression changes, sequence intact
- methylationAttaching a methyl group
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
chromosomal · paternal · maternal · allele · gene · expression · DNA · silencing · hereditary · phenotype
logo
Company identifying symbol
- trademarkRegistered commercial identifier
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- stampMark-making device
seal · watermark · monogram · insignia · label · badge · decal · sticker · hallmark · signature
- movingmoving, moving truck, move out, move in, movers
- Genetic Traitshair color, dark hair, skin color, dimples, blood type
- pill typespill, aspirin, ibuprofen, paracetamol, vitamin
- molecular statesphosphorylated, methylated, acetylated, oxidized, reduced
- embossing techniquesraised, relief, deboss, letterpress, dimensional
imprintederased
Removed by rubbing
unmarked · blank · unimprinted · effaced · wiped clean
imprintedunconditioned
Not learned or taught
unattached · unbonded · detached · unimprinted · unlearned
- imprinted onInstinctively attached after exposure
- imprint onForm instant attachment
- imprinting onInstinctive attachment to first figure
imprint, imprints, imprinting, reimprinted, imprinter, unimprinted