FIXATION Definition & Meaning

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fixation

[ fik-sey-shuhn ]

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noun

the act of fixing or the state of being fixed.
Chemistry.
1. reduction from a volatile or fluid to a stable or solid form.
2. 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.

fixation

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noun

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of fixation¹

1350–1400; Middle English fixacion < Medieval Latin �ھ��پ�ō��- (stem of �ھ��پ�ō ) a reduction to a fixed state. See fix, -ation

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Performing across two consecutive weekends, people in their finest festival wear gather to dance in the open field, hold their barricade spot secure for the night’s headliner and possibly discover their next musical fixation.

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Cooper said what the case showed was "senseless killings fuelled purely by a disturbing fixation with violence and obsessive brutality".

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First, there was her piercing fixation as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren in 90 episodes of “Orange Is the New Black.”

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She also, just to show the bizarre depths of her fixations, endorses a horrifically anti-semitic conspiracy theory, as Merlan writes:

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The subsequent referral form said this started off as an interest in world wars, but then turned towards a "fixation on Hitler" and admiration for him.

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