entrenchment

• Nom désignant l'action ou l'état de ce qui est établi de manière solide et durable, souvent au point d'être difficile à modifier, comme une position, un droit, une pratique ou une croyance.

A noun referring to the act or state of establishing something firmly and securely, often in a way that is difficult to change, such as a position, right, or practice.

1. Military fortificationC1formal

   The act of digging a trench or building a defensive position, especially in warfare.

   Retranchement militaire

   • The soldiers began the entrenchment of their position before dawn.
   • The general ordered the entrenchment of the entire battalion.
   • Historical entrenchment systems can still be seen in some battlefields.

   Synonymesbulwarkearthworkfortificationrampartredoubttrench

2. Establishment of a belief or practiceC1formal

   The process of making an attitude, habit, or belief deeply established and difficult to change.

   Enracinement (d'une croyance ou pratique)

   • The entrenchment of corruption in the government is a serious problem.
   • Cultural entrenchment of certain traditions can resist modernization.
   • The entrenchment of these policies has made reform very challenging.

   Synonymesembeddingimplantationinculcationingraininginstillationrooting