engrained

Clan identity is deeply engrained in Somali society.

A combination of engrained ignorance and political interests is eroding the foundation of something that made our capitalist society possible in the first place.

It shows how deeply engrained wig culture is in West Africa, despite a natural hair movement that has been gaining momentum among black women around the world over the last decade.

Suffice it to say, some engrained consumer habits can fester for years if left unaddressed — long beyond the point that they’re serving you.

Engrained in this reception is the sense that these characters need to be punished at every turn, or otherwise be so flatly written that they limit the range of things they’re capable of doing that’ll be called into question.