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entrenchment

The process of establishing an attitude, habit, or belief so firmly that change is very difficult. / The act of digging trenches or the state of being positioned in a fortified defensive system. / A situation in which a person or group is securely established in a position of power or privilege.
Noun
pl: entrenchments

This term evokes a sense of rigidity and permanence, suggesting a state where something is not merely established but deeply embedded. It carries a heavy, often restrictive connotation, implying that the subject has become so fixed that it resists external pressure or logical argument. In social or political contexts, it frequently suggests a stubborn refusal to evolve or a systemic barrier to change.

In a military sense, the word describes the physical act of creating defensive fortifications. This literal grounding in the earth provides the conceptual basis for its metaphorical use in psychology and sociology, where an idea is viewed as being "dug in" like a soldier in a trench, making it shielded from attack but also immobile.

Meanings

Noun

The process of establishing an attitude, habit, or belief so firmly that change is very difficult.

The entrenchment of traditional gender roles in the rural community slowed social progress.

Noun

The act of digging trenches or the state of being positioned in a fortified defensive system.

The soldiers focused on the entrenchment of their positions before the enemy arrived.

Noun

A situation in which a person or group is securely established in a position of power or privilege.

The political party's entrenchment in the region made it nearly impossible for challengers to win.

Examples

The entrenchment of these outdated beliefs makes it nearly impossible to implement new policies.

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The entrenchment of these outdated beliefs makes it nearly impossible to implement new policies.

I wonder if my own biases have reached a level of entrenchment that I can no longer see the truth.

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I wonder if my own biases have reached a level of entrenchment that I can no longer see the truth.

The rapid entrenchment of the troops along the ridge slowed the enemy advance.

History

The rapid entrenchment of the troops along the ridge slowed the enemy advance.

They spent the entire night in a state of entrenchment to survive the winter storm.

History

They spent the entire night in a state of entrenchment to survive the winter storm.

The entrenchment of the ruling elite has stifled any hope for democratic reform.

Business

The entrenchment of the ruling elite has stifled any hope for democratic reform.

Look at the entrenchment of that corporate hierarchy; no one ever moves up from the bottom.

Office

Look at the entrenchment of that corporate hierarchy; no one ever moves up from the bottom.

The cultural entrenchment of these traditions is what gives the village its unique identity.

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The cultural entrenchment of these traditions is what gives the village its unique identity.

We need to address the systemic entrenchment of poverty in this region.

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We need to address the systemic entrenchment of poverty in this region.

The general ordered immediate entrenchment before the artillery fire began.

History

The general ordered immediate entrenchment before the artillery fire began.

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