ingraining
Making deeply habitual
Ingraining is the act of making something deeply fixed or firmly established.
The word comes from dyeing fabric "in grain"—with dye penetrating the fibers rather than sitting on the surface.
Parents work at ingraining values in their children.
Institutions focus on ingraining habits and procedures: The military excels at ingraining discipline.
What gets ingrained becomes second nature, difficult to remove or unlearn.
Gradually introducing ideas
- implantingInserting into tissue
- entrenchingFirmly establishing something
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
- rootingActively cheering someone on
permeating · imprinting · fixating · saturating · inculcating · integrating · interweaving · melding
Profession of instructing others
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
- programmingWriting software instructions
inculcating · drilling · schooling · coaching · mentoring · socializing · propagandizing · persuading
Continued holding or possession
- recallMemory retrieval act
- memorizingFixing in memory
- rehearsingPreparing by repeated practice
- drillingHole-making by rotation
repetition · rote · cramming · practice · learning · studying · reinforcing · encoding
Regular sequence of actions
- repetitionAct of redoing
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- automaticOperating without intervention
- second-natureAcquired behavior feeling innate
accustomed · instinctive · entrenched · unconscious · systematic · reflexive · patterning · normalizing
instilling
Gradually introducing ideas
- implantingInserting into tissue
- entrenchingFirmly establishing something
- infusingSoaking to extract flavor
rooting · permeating · imprinting · fixating · saturating · inculcating · integrating · interweaving · melding · meshing
teaching
Profession of instructing others
- trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- brainwashingCoercive psychological manipulation
programming · inculcating · drilling · schooling · coaching · mentoring · socializing · propagandizing · persuading · influencing
retention
Continued holding or possession
- recallMemory retrieval act
- memorizingFixing in memory
- rehearsingPreparing by repeated practice
drilling · repetition · rote · cramming · practice · learning · studying · reinforcing · encoding · consolidating
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- repetitionAct of redoing
- conditioningLearned behavioral adaptation
- automaticOperating without intervention
second-nature · accustomed · instinctive · entrenched · unconscious · systematic · reflexive · patterning · normalizing · familiarizing
ingraininguprooting
Extracting from the earth
eradicating · unlearning · deprogramming · rooting out · dislodging
ingrainingshifting
Changing position or form
destabilizing · unsettling · disrupting · loosening · unfixing
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