Synonyms for fixity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fik-si-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪk sɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for fixity
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for fixity
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