"entrenched attitudes" is used frequently in written English.
It is typically used to refer to attitudes that are deeply rooted and difficult to change. For example: The entrenched attitudes of racism and sexism have long been a part of our society.
Golf pleaded its innocence but that was never going to shift entrenched attitudes outside.
We are taking on decades of neglect and sometimes entrenched attitudes.
Other aspects of the programme have shaken up previously entrenched attitudes.
Undoubtedly, the biggest challenges to getting managers on board are deeply entrenched attitudes and behaviors.
Entrenched attitudes about race make the challenges its characters face still relevant (the Oscars fiasco is just one small instance).
AIDS activists here have tried to change entrenched attitudes about masculinity, and many critics, eager to assume the truth in the media, quickly lashed out at Mr. Zuma.
But recognising the differences should not justify ignoring the need to challenge entrenched attitudes, and to enable people to take a long view of their years in work.
They don't have all the answers: although quotas have helped transform parliamentary systems from Germany to Afghanistan, entrenched attitudes don't change overnight.
Compounding the issue is a culturally entrenched attitude about celebrating a Year 10 Certificate, rather than going on to year 12 to obtain the Certificate of Education.
For, like several of the new steakhouses around town, like NYY Steak, Del Frisco's Grill and Costata, the formerly entrenched attitude problem at the door of older Manhattan steakhouses is nowhere part of the reception or service at Davio's, which is subterranean.
He said the biggest challenge that Opel faced was changing an entrenched attitude about losing money on operations.
