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fixation (noun)

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  • fixation — ► NOUN 1) the action of fixating or the state of being fixated. 2) an obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something. 3) the process by which some plants and micro organisms combine chemically with gaseous nitrogen or carbon dioxide… …   English terms dictionary

  • fixation — I noun compulsion, delusion, fascination, fixedness, fixity, infatuation, intoxication, lodgment, monomania, obsession, predilection, preoccupation, prepossession II index compulsion (obsession), constant, location …   Law dictionary

  • fixation — late 14c., fixacion, an alchemical word, from M.L. fixationem (nom. fixatio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. fixare, frequentative of figere to fix (see FIX (Cf. fix)). Used in the Freudian sense since 1910 …   Etymology dictionary

  • fixation — noun (C) 1 an unnaturally strong interest in or love for someone or something (+ about/with): Trevor s got this fixation about cleanliness. 2 technical a kind of mental illness in which someone s mind or emotions stop developing, so that they are …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • fixation — noun his sports fixation has gotten intolerable Syn: obsession, preoccupation, mania, addiction, compulsion; informal thing, bug, craze, fad …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • fixation — noun Date: 14th century the act, process, or result of fixing, fixating, or becoming fixated: as a. a persistent concentration of libidinal energies upon objects characteristic of psychosexual stages of development preceding the genital stage b.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fixation — noun a) The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed or fixated. b) The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non volatile condition; said of gaseous elements …   Wiktionary

  • fixation — noun 1》 the action or condition of fixating or being fixated.     ↘an obsessive interest. 2》 the action or process of fixing or being fixed, especially chemically or biologically. Origin ME (orig. as an alchemical term denoting the process of… …   English new terms dictionary

  • fixation — UK [fɪkˈseɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms fixation : singular fixation plural fixations 1) a very strong interest in something that prevents you from paying attention to anything else Doug has a fixation with sports cars.… …   English dictionary

  • fixation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. focus, attention; idée fixe, obsession, compulsion, mania, bee in one s bonnet (inf.), hangup (sl.). See insanity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. preoccupation, mania, fetish; see obsession . III (Roget s 3… …   English dictionary for students

  • fixation — fix|a|tion [ fık seıʃn ] noun count or uncount 1. ) a very strong interest in something that prevents you from paying attention to anything else: Doug has a fixation with sports cars. 2. ) TECHNICAL a mental condition in which your feelings about …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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