Antonyms for fixed idea


Grammar : Noun


Definition of fixed idea

  • As in mania : noun fixation, madness
  • As in one-track mind : noun mind set on one idea
  • As in complex : noun psychological problem
Example sentences :
  • What could words do to her, for good or evil in the face of her fixed idea?
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • But by this time it was a fixed idea with me, and I was very determined about it.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Days went by, and between them that fixed idea grew in intensity.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • It had become his fixed idea—the bar that closed up his life.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • She, for her part, clung to her fixed idea, and before long she consulted Boutan.
  • Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
  • They had the fixed idea that they wanted to give one another up.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • It was perhaps a fixed idea with him that he would win you, and others misread it.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • They seldom seem to have a fixed idea of what they really want.
  • Extract from : « Palmistry for All » by Cheiro
  • One of its principal signs was the fixed idea as to Midsummer Day.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • We must judge the fixed idea not in itself but by its effects.
  • Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot

Synonyms for fixed idea

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