Many people in the community have a deep-seated distrust of the police.
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A deep-seated brain tumor was diagnosed.
A growing number of industry experts say the industry itself is to blame for its deep-seated perception problems.
Even recent liberalisation has failed to dispel deep-seated suspicions that discrimination still lurks beneath the surface.
My sister Janie Ming-li also enjoyed the benefits of deep-seated superstition.
Part of the command-and-control legacy includes our deep-seated belief that there is only one answer.
Spiritual healing aims to correct these deep-seated imbalances by strengthening the flow of the life-force and removing any negative forces or imbalances.
The decline of empire has only made these deep-seated attitudes more pronounced.
This violates such deep-seated feelings of justice that it has proved to be unacceptable under any criminal law jurisdiction.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN►fear
· A friend failing to turn up for a date may reawaken deep-seated fears of abandonment.· What our deep-seated fears say, of course, can be even scarier than the stories themselves.
a deep-seated attitude, feeling, or idea is strong and is very difficult to change → deep-rooted: a deep-seated fear of failure