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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fixation has 4 senses
- fixation(n = noun.state) arrested development, infantile fixation, regression - an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely; Array is a kind of abnormalcy, abnormality
- fixation(n = noun.cognition) obsession - an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone; Array is a kind of preoccupation
- fixation(n = noun.act) Array - the activity of fastening something firmly in position; Array is a kind of attachment, fastening
- fixation(n = noun.act) fixing - (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body; Array is a part of plastination
Derived forms verb fixate2, verb fixate1
Derived form verb fixate3
is a kind of preservation
Derived form verb fixate3
CIDE DICTIONARY
fixation, n. [Cf. F. fixation.].
- The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed. [1913 Webster]"An unalterable fixation of resolution." [1913 Webster]"To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or fixation." [1913 Webster]"Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint." [1913 Webster]"A fixation and confinement of thought to a few objects." [1913 Webster]
- The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements. [1913 Webster]
- The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fixation, n.
1 the act or an instance of being fixated.
2 an obsession, concentration on a single idea.
3 fixing or being fixed.
4 the process of rendering solid; coagulation.
5 the process of assimilating a gas to form a solid compound.
1 the act or an instance of being fixated.
2 an obsession, concentration on a single idea.
3 fixing or being fixed.
4 the process of rendering solid; coagulation.
5 the process of assimilating a gas to form a solid compound.
Etymology
ME f. med.L fixatio f. fixare: see FIX
THESAURUS
fixation
Freudian fixation, anchorage, arrest, arrestation, arrested development, arrestment, blockage, blocking, check, clogging, closing up, closure, colonization, complex, compulsion, confirmation, constriction, cramp, craze, deep-rootedness, deep-seatedness, delay, detainment, detention, embedment, entrenchment, establishment, fascination, father fixation, fetish, fixed idea, fixedness, fixity, fixture, foot-dragging, foundation, hampering, hang-up, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, hypercathexis, idee fixe, immobility, impediment, implantation, inaction, inactivity, inauguration, infantile fixation, infatuation, infixion, inhibition, initiation, installation, installment, interference, interruption, investiture, inveteracy, irresistible impulse, kick, let, libido fixation, lodgment, mania, monomania, mooring, morbid drive, mother fixation, motionlessness, negativism, nuisance value, obsession, obsessive compulsion, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, parent fixation, peopling, plantation, population, possession, pregenital fixation, preoccupation, prepossession, regression, repression, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, retreat to immaturity, ruling passion, setback, settlement, settling, squeeze, stabilization, stranglehold, stricture, suppression, thing, ticROGET THESAURUS
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Location
N location, localization, lodgment, deposition, reposition, stowage, package, collocation, packing, lading, establishment, settlement, installation, fixation, insertion, habitat, environment, surroundings (situation), circumjacence, anchorage, mooring, encampment, plantation, colony, settlement, cantonment, colonization, domestication, situation, habitation, cohabitation, a local habitation and a name, endenization, naturalization, placed, situate, posited, ensconced, imbedded, embosomed, rooted, domesticated, vested in, unremoved, moored, at anchor.
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