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    3. 固定観念

    固定観念

    固こ定てい観かん念ねん

    fixed idea

    KMT9News #29+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab42 strokes

    こていかんねん

    Noun

    1.
    fixed idea, idée fixe, stereotype, prejudice

    Stroke 0 / 42

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは古ふるい固こ定てい観かん念ねんにとらわれている。

    He is trapped by old fixed ideas.

    KMT7Emotions & Psychology
    その固こ定てい観かん念ねんを打うち破やぶることが、進しん歩ぽへの第だい一いっ歩ぽだ。

    Breaking free from that fixed idea is the first step towards progress.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    異い文ぶん化か理り解かいには、自じ国こくの固こ定てい観かん念ねんを捨すてる勇ゆう気きが必ひつ要ようだ。

    Understanding different cultures requires the courage to abandon one's own fixed ideas.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyCulture & Traditions
    彼かれの固こ定てい観かん念ねんは、新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつの導どう入にゅうを妨さまたげた。

    His fixed ideas hindered the introduction of new technology.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyTechnology
    社しゃ会かいの固こ定てい観かん念ねんに疑ぎ問もんを投なげかけることで、新あらたな価か値ち観かんが生うまれる。

    By questioning society's fixed ideas, new values are born.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCulture & TraditionsPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    固
    かた.める・かた.まる・かた.まり・かた.い…(1)
    harden・set・clot・curdle
    定
    さだ.める・さだ.まる・さだ.か…(3)
    determine・fix・establish・decide
    観
    み.る・しめ.す…(1)
    outlook・look・appearance・condition・view
    念
    wish・sense・idea・thought・feeling…(2)
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