deep-seeded vs deep-seated
deep-seated
Definitions
adjective
- (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held
Examples
At the heart of all this is a deep-seated ambivalence about government which runs deep in the Australian psyche.
It is clearly a job which involves people, often with deep-seated problems, emotional issues and where the stakes can be high.
The ill-natured Marx, the venomous Lenin, the murderous Stalin all had a deep-seated loathing of all those who disagreed with them.
