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fixity

[ fik-si-tee ]

noun

plural fixities
  1. the state or quality of being fixed; fix; stability; permanence.
  2. something fixed, fix, stable, or permanent.


fixity

/ ˈɪɪɪ /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being fixed; stability
  2. something that is fixed; a fixture
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲ·ھi·ٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fixity1

From the New Latin word ھ澱, dating back to 1660–70. See fix, -ity
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Her transfixing allure seems to draw every oddity and incident, but as the years pass, there’s also a fixity to her resolve.

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It’s a debate that presupposes a fixity, using language long-weaponized by conservative and far-right voices, that many are now challenging and rejecting.

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For me, the emphasis on fixity as a measure of authenticity, as implied by the Foundation’s “core tenets,” deflects attention from the emotional probing that makes Gonzalez-Torres’s art so moving.

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Though it takes place in the world of espionage, its surreal narrative drift resists the fixity of pulp beats and resolutions.

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The earth was stamped with cloud shadows that gave an impression both of movement and fixity — a rich, dark earth with an inner seam that showed red and metallic in places.

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