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noun
a persistent or obsessing idea, often delusional, that can, in extreme form, be a symptom of psychosis.
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Origin of fixed idea
First recorded in 1820â30
Words nearby fixed idea
fixed exchange rate,
fixed-focus camera,
fixed-gear,
fixed head,
fixed-head coupé,
fixed idea,
fixed-income,
fixed-length,
fixed liability,
fixed link,
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Words related to fixed idea
craving,
craze,
craziness,
enthusiasm,
fad,
fascination,
frenzy,
infatuation,
lunacy,
obsession,
passion,
rage,
anxiety,
fear,
fixation,
hang-up,
insanity,
mania,
neurosis,
phobia How to use fixed idea in a sentence
We need to recover and grow the idea that the proper answer to bad speech is more and better speech.
The use of slurs from both characters makes it clear just how ânewâ the idea of an openly gay son is even in this time.
I like the idea of Jon Hamm⊠There have been discussionsâthough I'm not sure how serious they've been.
But at the heart of this âTrutherâ conspiracy theory is the idea that âsomeoneâ wants to destroy Bill Cosby.
âThe US cannot tolerate the idea of any rival economic entity,â Stone writes.
As men fixed in the grip of nightmare, we were powerlessâunable to do anything but wait.
Her eyes, for a moment, fixed themselves with a horrid conviction of a wide and nameless treachery.
The Princess still kept her eyes fixed on Louis, while, in a suppressed and unsteady voice, she answered her governess.
If you have any thoughts of influencing me or my men to join the regular Confederate army, you may as well give up the idea.
His idea was that there would be ample time later to order a concentration on either wing or on the centre.
British Dictionary definitions for fixed idea
noun
an idea, esp one of an obsessional nature, that is persistently maintained and not subject to changeAlso: idée fixe
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Medical definitions for fixed idea
n.
An often unreasonable idea or feeling that persists despite evidence to the contrary or efforts to ignore it; an obsession.idée fixe
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