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I retain curious resistance to change (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inertia

'resistance to change' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i retain curious' is the wordplay.
'curious' indicates anagramming the letters.
'retain' with letters rearranged gives 'nertia'.
'i'+'nertia'='INERTIA'

(Other definitions for inertia that I've seen before include "Disinclination to act" , "Slowness to take action, state of laziness" , "Slowness to react" , "Change-resisting tendency" , "Resistance to movement" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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