What is another word for ingraining?

Pronunciation: [ɪnɡɹˈe͡ɪnɪŋ] (IPA)

Ingraining refers to the process of establishing something firmly or deeply in one's mind or behavior. There are several synonyms for this word, which include instilling, embedding, impressing, imprinting, and fixing. Instilling refers to gradually introducing an idea or habit by repetition, while embedding involves firmly placing or fixing something into a surface or material. Impressing, on the other hand, refers to creating a strong and lasting impression on someone's mind. Imprinting refers to creating a permanent mark or pattern on a surface or in the mind, while fixing refers to securely attaching or fastening something in place. All these words can be used interchangeably with ingraining to convey the same meaning.

Usage examples for Ingraining

Think that the great majority of those who die, even though penitent and striving after right, have much of evil clinging to them; that many after a whole life of ingraining their characters with evil have brought sorrowfully to Christ at last their poor defiled souls; that even the best is not without many faults and stains.
"The Gospel of the Hereafter"
J. Paterson-Smyth
She was smudgy-looking, but undoubtedly clean; only life in underground kitchens, and the ingraining of London blacks with the baking process of cookery, had given her skin an unwholesome tinge, which her reddened eyes did not improve.
"The Bag of Diamonds"
George Manville Fenn

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