Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Firmly implanted; well-established.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective well-established.
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- adjective having deep
roots - adjective well
established ; long standing;deep-seated
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
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Examples
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Added to that is the lingering effects of what some describe as a deep-rooted culture of political corruption.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed OLIVER MOORE 2011
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Say yes to the movements that awaken your deep-rooted desire to be fully and vibrantly alive.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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One of these is the deep-rooted notion that we are never alone in this world, furthermore that we depend on others for more that just mere survival.
Denise M. Wilbanks: The Fabric of Our Lives Denise M. Wilbanks 2012
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I wonder if most of the anti-economics strain comes from a deep-rooted misunderstanding about the very point of some of these models and methods economics (as well as political economy) employ.
Economics and its Enemies, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Truth be known, it is tradition ... simply deep-rooted Tradition.
Rita Nakashima Brock, Ph. D.: On International Women's Day, Demand That Uprisings Throughout The Middle East Overturn Patriarchal Tradition Rita Nakashima Brock 2011
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One of these is the deep-rooted notion that we are never alone in this world, furthermore that we depend on others for more that just mere survival.
Denise M. Wilbanks: The Fabric of Our Lives Denise M. Wilbanks 2012
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My dad was from Virginia but he didn't harbor the deep-rooted racism prevalent at the time in the South and blatantly institutionalized in classic colonial style in the Canal Zone.
Will Wright: Thanks Dad for Failing: Even When Dads Fall Short, Good Can Come of It Will Wright 2011
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As renowned mythologist Joseph Campbell noted in his studies on heroes and the monomyth, these stories conveyed universal truths while at the same time exploring deep-rooted, personal meanings.
21 « August « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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My dad was from Virginia but he didn't harbor the deep-rooted racism prevalent at the time in the South and blatantly institutionalized in classic colonial style in the Canal Zone.
Will Wright: Thanks Dad for Failing: Even When Dads Fall Short, Good Can Come of It Will Wright 2011
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One of these is the deep-rooted notion that we are never alone in this world, furthermore that we depend on others for more that just mere survival.
Denise M. Wilbanks: The Fabric of Our Lives Denise M. Wilbanks 2012
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