tending to become more rigid, conventional, sterile, and reactionary with age
literally, turned into bone
/set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior,habits or benefits
SYN - fossilized
"An ossified bureaucratic system."
"Over the years the rules had become ossified and the thought of changing them never even occured."
"After 30 years of debating on such topics his beliefs were ossified."
"The problem with people who followed her is that they unquestionably allowed their belives and outlooks to be ossified - they no longer allowed themselves to change their beliefs or understand a different perspective."
No comments:
Post a Comment