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unfixity

unfixity

9.9
A habit of changing your mind, feelings, or plans
  • noun
  • /ʌnˈfɪksɪti/
translation icon : indecisión
  • Her unfixity in choosing a college left her feeling anxious and overwhelmed by the options.

Examples

  • In this way, their open-endedness and unfixity are more tangible than much academic work.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Finally, Osterweil describes how Italian alter-globalization activists are developing reflexive forms of theorizing and analysis, ones that are conjunctural, experimental, and partial, embracing an epistemology of unfixity.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The director's unfixity about the film's ending made it difficult for the writers to finalize the script.

  • He struggled with unfixity in his long-term goals, often changing his major in college.

Synonyms

indecision
vsunfixity
19 3.4

Not able to make a choice quickly or with confidence

also involves shifting feelings or purpose beyond mere choice delay
indecisiveness
vsunfixity
3 5.1

Not being able to decide quickly or confidently

also includes being changeable in mind feeling or purpose
fickleness
vsunfixity
1 7.3

A habit of changing feelings or promises so people cannot trust someone

is broader applying to mind purpose and firmness beyond mere affection
capriciousness
vsunfixity
1 8.9

A pattern of sudden, unpredictable changes in mood or plans

is more about whimsical sudden changes than steady lack of firmness
inconstancy
vsunfixity
1 8.6

A tendency to change feelings or opinions and not stay loyal

focuses on changing loyalties rather than general lack of decision firmness
irresolution
vsunfixity
1 8.0

Not being able to decide or act

emphasises changeability in feeling or purpose above simple hesitation
lability
vsunfixity
  • Specialized
1 9.4

A tendency to change quickly, especially in mood or health

adds that this instability extends to purpose and firmness of mind
irresoluteness
vsunfixity
8.9

Not being able to make firm decisions

adds general changeability in feelings and purpose beyond mere doubt
changeableness
vsunfixity
7.6

A quality of becoming different often and without warning

also covers lack of firmness and indecision in mind feeling or purpose
changefulness
vsunfixity
  • Archaic
7.5

How often something becomes different, like the weather

includes indecisive mental attitude and lack of firm purpose

Antonyms

certainty
  • Literature
202 3.4

A strong feeling that something is true or will happen

5 3.2

The ability to choose quickly and confidently

How Stable

stability
363 3.1
steadiness
4 3.6
instability
114 5.1
unfixity
9.9
fickleness
1 7.3

Surface Forms

unfixity singular
unfixities plural

Morphology

unfixity = fixity (transparent) = un + fix + ity

Formed by adding the productive negating prefix 'un-' to the noun 'fixity' (stability), yielding the straightforward opposite meaning.

Etymology

Unfixity comes from the parts un- ('not') and fix ('fasten' or 'stay in one place'), the same fix you see in fixed. So unfixity paints a picture of a mind or feeling that will not stay firm, which is why it means being changeable or indecisive.