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fixation

[fik-sey-shuhn]

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noun

the act of fixing or the state of being fixed.

Chemistry.

reduction from a volatile or fluid to a stable or solid form.

the process of converting atmospheric nitrogen into a useful compound, as a nitrate fertilizer.

Photography. the process of rendering an image permanent by removal of light-sensitive silver halides.

Psychoanalysis. a partial arrest of emotional and instinctual development at an early point in life, due to a severe traumatic experience or an overwhelming gratification.

a preoccupation with one subject, issue, etc.; obsession: All her life she had a fixation on stories of violent death.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English fixacion < Medieval Latin fixātiōn- (stem of fixātiō) a reduction to a fixed state. See fix, -ation

Related forms

non·fix·a·tion, noun

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having an unsymmetrical arrangement of atoms in a molecule, or noting a carbon atom bonded to four different atoms or groups

a substance that causes a chemical reaction without itself being affected

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Example Sentences

As weird as it may sound, the movie's aquatic fixation is integral to its concept.

To this day his fixation with butter has always made sense to me, unhealthy as it is for him now.

Scarcity of energy is a myth that persists in society, because our fixation remains on fossil fuels.

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As weird as it may sound, the movie's aquatic fixation is integral to its concept.

To this day his fixation with butter has always made sense to me, unhealthy as it is for him now.

Scarcity of energy is a myth that persists in society, because our fixation remains on fossil fuels.

Elvis has had a weird aggressive fixation with the dishwasher and garbage disposal.

Stare at the tiny, central black fixation spot on the white cross in a.

Nicotine patches quell the temper, but do nothing for the oral fixation that is a ciggy.

The fixation on the federal deficit has silenced talk of more fiscal stimulus.

Instead, a bit less fixation on raw technology may bring benefits.

Hollow organs, such as the heart, must be dilated during fixation.

Lori hated that her daddy's fixation was consuming her husband.

Ironies abound with regard to the fixation of the authorities on the menace of tobacco, as your article unintentionally revealed.

Basically there is divergence on either side of the plane of fixation and convergence.

The fixation of progress through catalogues and television sets.

Central bankers' fixation on short-term price stability can blind them to other important signs of financial imbalance.

At the same time, international donors must abandon their central state fixation.

Some reawakening from the trancelike fixation on technology is needed.

His death simply serves as a catharsis for a culture that has a neurotic fixation on revenge and retribution.

Kamarck argues that this might be caused by a fixation on health care, while there were more urgent issues to adress.

Building chips that don't gobble up a lot of power is the current fixation in the chip industry.

With so much else to worry about, psychiatry would be wise to give up its fixation on a childhood trait as ordinary as shyness.

If you ask me, the progressive fixation on campaign finance is badly misguided.

Take her fixation with fresh air: the children slept outside on the.

Another snag is the army's fixation with self-protection.

There is likely both truth and delusion in his fixation.

Increasing nitrogen fixation of crop plants changes their susceptibility to pests and diseases.

Building the clock, it turns out, has been an antidote to the toxic fixation on short-term thinking that permeates our culture.

His fixation is not with any particular subject, but with a wide range of notions of what government ought to.

Perhaps this fixation with manipulating the economy to keep the exchange rate up.

My fixation today is on the separatist rebellion of the prefixes.

On the federal level, the fixation on the deficit above all else is particularly dangerous.

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World English Dictionary

fixation (fɪkˈseɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act of fixing or the state of being fixed
2.	a preoccupation or obsession
3.	psychol
	a. the act of fixating
	b. (in psychoanalytical schools) a strong attachment of a person to another person or an object in early life
4.	chem
	a. the conversion of nitrogen in the air into a compound, esp a fertilizer
	b. the conversion of a free element into one of its compounds
5.	the reduction of a substance from a volatile or fluid form to a nonvolatile or solid form

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Word Origin & History

fixation

late 14c., fixacion, an alchemical word, from M.L. fixationem (nom. fixatio), from fixare "to fix" (see fix). Used in the Freudian sense since 1910.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

fixation fix·a·tion (fĭk-sā'shən)
n.

The condition of being stabilized, firmly attached, or set.
The act or process of stabilizing or attaching something, especially a body part by surgery.
The rapid killing and preservation of tissue elements to retain as nearly as possible the same characteristics they had in the living body.
The conversion of a gas into solid or liquid form by chemical reactions.
In psychoanalytic theory, a strong attachment to a person or thing, especially such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in immature or neurotic behavior that persists throughout life.
The coordinated positioning and focusing of both eyes on an object.

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