possessed by an idea
1possessed — adjective Date: 1534 1. a. (1) influenced or controlled by something (as an evil spirit, a passion, or an idea) (2) mad, crazed b. urgently desirous to do or have something 2. obsolete held as a possession 3. self possessed, calm • possessedly …
2Idea innatism — doctrine that holds the mind is born with ideas or knowledge, and is not a blank slate at birth as early empiricists such as John Locke claimed. It asserts that not all knowledge is obtained from experience and the senses. • Knowledge innatism… …
3one-idea'd — adjective see one ideaed * * * oneˈ ideˈa d adjective Entirely possessed by one idea • • • Main Entry: ↑one …
4The Possessed (novel) — Infobox Book name = The Possessed (aka The Devils or Demons ) title orig = Бесы translator = Constance Garnett (1916) Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky (1995) image caption = Pevear Volokhonsky Translation of Demons author = Fyodor… …
5obsession — Possessed of an idea or a desire which occupies the mind too fully for calm, deliberate, and effective contemplation. Not necessarily insanity or mental affliction relieving from legal responsibility for matrimonial misconduct. Anno: 19 ALR2d 152 …
6Character mask — Part of a series on Marxism …
7pos|sess — «puh ZEHS», transitive verb. 1. to own; have as belonging to one: »Washington possessed great force and wisdom. 2. a) to hold as property; hold; occupy: »The first settlers in America possessed great tracts of land that they were to give to other …
8Herbert Spencer — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophy era = 19th century philosophy color = #B0C4DE image caption =Herbert Spencer name =Herbert Spencer birth =27 April, 1820 death =8 December, 1903 school tradition = Evolutionism,… …
9get it — or[something in] or[into one s head] {v. phr.} To become possessed of an idea; develop a fixed idea. * /Jack got it into his head to become a marine and nothing we could say would make him change his mind./ …
10get it — or[something in] or[into one s head] {v. phr.} To become possessed of an idea; develop a fixed idea. * /Jack got it into his head to become a marine and nothing we could say would make him change his mind./ …
