Antonyms for fixity


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fik-si-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪk sɪ ti


Definition of fixity

Origin :
  • 1660s in physics; general use from 1791; see fix + -ity.
  • As in willpower : noun personal determination
  • As in firmness : noun resolution, resolve
Example sentences :
  • There are two ways in which a language may attain permanence or fixity.
  • Extract from : « Cratylus » by Plato
  • I responded to his words and to the fixity of his gaze by silence.
  • Extract from : « The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti » by David Christie Murray
  • “It is all tomfoolery,” John answered with fixity of 139 purpose.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
  • Esthetic imagination,contrasted to mechanical, 264;Fixity of, 264.
  • Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot
  • Thus it happened that the fixity of his gaze was intensified.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fantasy and Fact » by Brander Matthews
  • The persistence and fixity of the phenomenon excluded any idea of hallucination.
  • Extract from : « The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard » by Anatole France
  • He had no fixity of purpose, no anchor of righteousness that held him.
  • Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence
  • You have your mother's sweet disposition, and also I think my fixity of purpose.
  • Extract from : « A Romantic Young Lady » by Robert Grant
  • He had a fixity of purpose; not too much purpose, but so fixed.
  • Extract from : « Tatterdemalion » by John Galsworthy
  • But to my mind there is no fixity, no absolute truth in any form of religious dogma.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Islam » by Ahmed Hussain

Synonyms for fixity

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