entrenchment
entrenchment Lexical Profile
entrenchment Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The process or fact of an attitude, habit, or belief becoming so firmly established that change is very difficult or unlikely.
"The gradual entrenchment of bureaucratic procedures made it difficult for the organization to adapt to new market demands."
A defensive system consisting of a trench or series of trenches and earthen embankments.
"Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a seventeenth-century entrenchment along the ridge overlooking the valley."
An unlawful or unwelcome encroachment or infringement on the rights, territory, or authority of another.
"The legal scholars argued that the new regulation constituted an unacceptable entrenchment upon individual privacy rights."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the late 16th century from the verb 'entrench' and the suffix '-ment', originally referring to the digging of defensive military trenches before acquiring its figurative sense of firmly establishing an attitude or habit.