What is "fossilized" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does fossilized mean in English? Meaning of fossilized definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "fossilized" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "fossilized": set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs

Adjective

  • Meaning: set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
  • Example: obsolete fossilized ways an ossified bureaucratic system
  • Synonyms: fossilised fossilized ossified
  • Similar: inflexible
  • Adjective: simple past tense and past participle of fossilize
  • Synonyms:

    petrified, hardened, hard, rigid, antiquated, archaic, out-of-date, obsolete, antique, bent, tired, superseded, dated, superannuated, out, antediluvian, behind the times, bygone, dead, extinct, moldy, moth-eaten, musty, obsolescent, old-time, passé, unfashionable, vintage, olden, unusable, outworn, anachronistic, dinosaur, disused, démodé, has-been, horse and buggy, old-hat, out-of-style, unstylish, frozen, ossified, solidified, calcified, consolidate, nerve, set, buttress, thicken, strengthen, stiffen, freeze, amalgamate, reinforce, fortify, close, toughen, petrify, jell, compact, bake, fix, callous, ossify, congeal, precipitate, anneal, brace, firm, steel, cement, press, coagulate, dry, clot, indurate, curdle, gird, contract, settle, solidify, cake, temper, vitrify, starch, fossilize, calcify, crystallize, densify, stiffen, thicken, indurate, freeze, harden, congeal, solidify, petrify, fossilize, turn to bone, set, harden, clarify, solidify, calcify, mineralize, lapidify, fossilize, turn to stone, dwindle, wilt, wither, shrink, welter, sear, burn, mummify, contract, parch, desiccate, stale, wrinkle, scorch, fossilize, mummy, wizen, consolidate, nerve, set, buttress, thicken, strengthen, stiffen, freeze, amalgamate, reinforce, fortify, close, toughen, petrify, jell, compact, bake, fix, callous, acclimatize, ossify, congeal, precipitate, anneal, brace, firm, steel, season, cement, press, coagulate, dry, clot, curdle, acclimate, gird, contract, concrete, settle, solidify, cake, temper, vitrify, starch, fossilize, calcify, crystallize, caseharden, densify,

    Antonyms:

    modern, current, up-to-date, new, present, fresh, popular, new-fangled, disjoin, dishearten, weaken, liquefy, soften, dissuade, dilute, thin, loosen, flex, enlarge, unsettle, divide, separate, discourage, melt, hurt, continue, open, unfix, dissolve, let go, upset, indulge, spoil, be intolerant, liquefy, thin, soften, melt, liquefy, soften, calm, comfort, soothe, melt, please, enlarge, grow, bloom, wet, moisten, develop, expand, freeze, unwrinkle, disjoin, dishearten, weaken, liquefy, soften, dissuade, dilute, thin, loosen, flex, enlarge, unsettle, divide, separate, discourage, melt, hurt, continue, open, unfix, dissolve, let go, upset,

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