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Obstinate (medicine)


obstinate


1. Firmly adhering to one's own purpose, opinion, etc. Even when wrong; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.

Synonym: intractable, refractory.

Synonym: refractory.

Origin: L. Obstinatus, determined


permanent dominant idea (medicine)


permanent dominant idea -->
fixed idea


An exaggerated notion, belief, or delusion that persists, despite evidence to the contrary, and controls the mind, the obstinate conviction of a psychotic person regarding the correctness of his delusion.

Synonym: idee fixe, overvalued idea, permanent dominant idea.