Usually means: Persistent, unchanging belief or obsession.
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  1. fixed idea: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. fixed idea: Collins English Dictionary
  3. fixed idea: Infoplease Dictionary
  4. fixed idea: Dictionary.com
  5. fixed idea: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. fixed idea: Wiktionary

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  1. fixed idea: Legal dictionary

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  1. fixed idea: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. fixed idea: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. fixed idea: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (fixed idea)

▸ noun:  An idée fixe, an obsession, a fixation.

Similar:
figurette, mold, fixation, objet, puzzle, objet d'art, ideoglyph, ébauche, hardback, pièce d'occasion, more...

Opposite:
open-mindedness, flexibility, adaptability

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Similar:
figurette, mold, fixation, objet, puzzle, objet d'art, ideoglyph, ébauche, hardback, pièce d'occasion, more...

Opposite:
open-mindedness, flexibility, adaptability



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