View synonyms for fixed idea

fixed idea

noun

a persistent or obsessing idea, often delusional, that can, in extreme form, be a symptom of psychosis.

fixed idea

an idea, esp one of an obsessional nature, that is persistently maintained and not subject to change Alsoidée fixe

First recorded in 1820–30

In the meantime, every pre-fixed idea on left and right is laid waste here.

I hate to burst your fixed idea that Tomasky surely comes from a long line of elitists.

On the way I passed a gingerbread shop, and the fixed idea took hold of me that you must like gingerbread.

It seems to be a fixed idea that a girl is dependent on invitations from young men for her social pleasures.

If I diagnose or treat the fixed idea of a psychasthenic, the psychological factor itself represents the disturbance.

I cannot decide, but he has told me that never till that time did he realise the sustaining power of a fixed idea.

The leader himself had one fixed idea in his mind, to reach Washington before Congress adjourned.

Browse