I read a sentence which was:
In a sense these variations are reflective of the complex processes that shaped early social histories --- through dialogues between dominant traditions and resilient local ideas and practices.
According to Merriam Webster dictionaries, it means - tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change But that doesn't fit here for me. So, what am I missing?
@Weather Vane made a good point.
A resilient idea is strong, firm, and not easily damaged by being influenced.
A resilient idea can be profound or transcendent so it's hard to reason against it.
A resilient idea can be well-supported by the masses so it's challenging to prove it wrong.
This resilient idea has led some historians to paint a completely false picture of these years.
The entire work is driven relentlessly by one resilient idea.
Nevertheless, expenditure taxation is a resilient idea that has become more and more popular in recent years.
We can also understand how China, an ancient empire with a history of several thousand years, could retain its resilient idea of "China" throughout the turbulent changes in dynasties.
