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fixed idea

NOUN
complex
Synonyms
STRONG
anxiety fear fixation hang-up insanity mania neurosis obsession phobia preoccupation repression
WEAK
a thing about something exaggerated reaction idée fixe
Antonyms
STRONG
balance sanity
NOUN
mania
Synonyms
STRONGEST
craving craze craziness enthusiasm fad fascination frenzy infatuation lunacy obsession passion rage
STRONG
aberration bee bug compulsion delirium derangement desire disorder fancy fetish furor grabber hang-up insanity monomania partiality preoccupation thing tiger
WEAK
ax to grind bee in bonnet bug in ear idée fixe on the brain tiger by the tail
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calmness dislike hate indifference
STRONG
balance conformity hatred soundness
NOUN
one-track mind
Synonyms
WEAK
attraction compulsion fascination fixation hang-up idée fixe infatuation monomania obsession passion preoccupation prepossession ruling passion single-mindedness tunnel vision

Example Sentences

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Vallejo also dedicated three summers to the caddie program, getting up early, enduring the heat and carrying heavy bags, always with a fixed idea in mind.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

Getting a new view on someone I had such a fixed idea of who or want he was, and this is a way of understanding that.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2023

“There was a fixed idea that politics is for adults, according to a long-established Confucian culture,” said Noh Woong-rae, 64, a member of the National Assembly.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2022

I was interested in having an audience that has a fixed idea of these women’s racial identity.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2021

R. M. Renfield, ætat 59.—Sanguine temperament; great physical strength; morbidly excitable; periods of gloom, ending in some fixed idea which I cannot make out.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker