ingrained
Fixed through repetition
Ingrained describes something deeply embedded or firmly established, difficult to change or remove.
The image is of dye or dirt worked into the grain of wood or fabric.
Most often applied to habits, attitudes, or beliefs: ingrained prejudice, ingrained behavior patterns.
What's ingrained has become part of someone's nature through long exposure or repetition: Years of training had ingrained the response.
Firmly established, resistant to change
- rootedFirmly established in place
- deep-rootedFirmly and long established
- indelibleImpossible to remove
- inherentExisting as essential part
embedded · fixed · immutable · enduring · lasting · persistent · intrinsic · imprinted
Regular sequence of actions
- automaticOperating without intervention
- second-natureAcquired behavior feeling innate
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- reflexiveDirected back at subject
unconscious · unthinking · mechanical · conditioned · learned · practiced · customary · accustomed
Interlaced on loom
- interwovenLaced through one another
- fabricWoven or knit material
- integratedCombined into a whole
- enmeshedCaught in complexity
infused · imbued · instilled · permeated · saturated · threaded · incorporated · absorbed
entrenched
Firmly established, resistant to change
- rootedFirmly established in place
- deep-rootedFirmly and long established
- indelibleImpossible to remove
inherent · embedded · fixed · immutable · enduring · lasting · persistent · intrinsic · imprinted · hardwired
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- automaticOperating without intervention
- second-natureAcquired behavior feeling innate
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
reflexive · unconscious · unthinking · mechanical · conditioned · learned · practiced · customary · accustomed · repetitive
woven
Interlaced on loom
- interwovenLaced through one another
- fabricWoven or knit material
- integratedCombined into a whole
enmeshed · infused · imbued · instilled · permeated · saturated · threaded · incorporated · absorbed · assimilated
tradition
Custom passed through generations
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- beliefsAccepted truths, personal
values · norms · practices · rituals · ethos · ideology · prejudice · bias · attitudes · assumptions
stained
Marred by discoloration
dirt · filth · soot · grease · oil · discoloration · smudged · set-in · stubborn
- deeply rootedentrenched, deep-seated, rooted, embedded, ineradicable
- establishedestablished, recognized, accepted, acknowledged, confirmed
- habit wordsdaily, regular, routine, habitual, chronic
- IN- wordsinactive, incomplete, invisible, inside, indoor
- conditionedtrained, habituated, programmed, adapted, shaped
- memoriesmemories, remember, recollections, childhood memory, childhood memories
ingrainedextrinsic
Not inherent or essential
external · extraneous · foreign · alien · adventitious
- ingrained biasDeeply embedded unfair preconception