Deep-seated in a sentence as an adjective

People like to say this, maybe believing it fulfills some deep-seated need for cynicism, or makes the speaker feel wise and worldly.

"Sunstein has a deep-seated belief in the power of government to improve society.

My speculation is that looking at someone wearing Glass messes with us on a deep-seated, perceptual level.

We expect people to be frightened of robotic cars for the same reason they are scared of dying in a plane crash: Some deep-seated fear of dying in a manner that isnt our own fault.

It is rank and deep-seated sexism, and insitutionalized assault.

The former will exhaust every option to circumvent the obstacles; the latter will almost look at the obstacles as vindication of a deep-seated suspicion that he's wrong.

Deep-seated definitions

adjective

(used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held; "deep-rooted prejudice"; "deep-seated differences of opinion"; "implanted convictions"; "ingrained habits of a lifetime"; "a deeply planted need"

See also: deep-rooted implanted ingrained planted