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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