one-ideaedadj.
/ˌwʌnʌɪˈdɪəd/, U.S. /ˌwənaɪˈdiəd/ = one-idea adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > attention > earnest attention, concentration > [adjective] > on single idea
concentreda1651
concentrated1821
one-ideaed1825
one-idea1845
the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adjective] > resolute or determined on one thing
one-ideaed1825
single-minded1860
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adjective] > persuaded, convinced > by dominant or single idea
possessedc1620
one-ideaed1825
one-idea1845
single track1919
monoideal1922
1825 Lancet 27 Aug. 251/1 One-idea'd cantos..daily issue from the Press.
1842 Lancet 12 Mar. 830 The dead superstitions, and one-idead theories, of the middle ages.
1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. ix. 179 One-ideaed persons in high power.
1899 W. James in Talks to Teachers on Psychol. 220 A saint in ecstasy is as..one idea'd as a melancholiac.
1927 Amer. Mercury May 21/1 The note of tight-reefed, one-ideaed economy is encountered everywhere.
1959 Amer. Hist. Rev. 65 13 Mr. Bates is a conservative of the new type—a wealthy, one ideaed merchant, who feels that he has a stake in the country.
1990 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Aug. 37/1 Her single-mindedness wearied even her admirers. ‘She was always one-ideaed’, an old friend remembered.
Derivatives
one-iˈdeadness n. rare the fact or state of being one-ideaed.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [noun] > firm opinion, conviction > dominating > dominance by
possession1591
one-ideadness1852
1852 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 261/2 His absorbed one-ideadness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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