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 Definitions of Fixation  [ɪkˈseɪ ʃən]  

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Definition of 'Fixation' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) fixation
the act of fixing or fixating or the state of being fixed or fixated.

2.  fixation
the process of rendering a photographic image permanent by removal of light-sensitive silver halides.

3.  fixation
Psychoanal. a partial arrest of libidinal expression at an early stage of psychosexual development.

4.  fixation
a preoccupation with one subject.


Definition of 'Fixation' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

2. (noun) obsession, fixation
an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

3. (noun) fixation
the activity of fastening something firmly in position

4. (noun) fixation, 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


Definition of 'Fixation' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Fixation
the act of fixing, or the state of being fixed

2. (noun) Fixation
the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements

3. (noun) Fixation
the act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm

4. (noun) Fixation
a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals


Translation of 'Fixation' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a strong idea or opinion for or against something that one does not or cannot change
She has a fixation about travelling alone.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: fiksasie Arabic flag Arabic: تَعَلُّق، تَصَلُّب، تَحَج Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: становище
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fixação Czech flag Czech: utkvělá představa German flag German: fixe Idee
Danish flag Danish: mani; besættelse Greek flag Greek: μονομανία, έμμονη ιδέα Spanish flag Spanish: fijación, obsesión
Estonian flag Estonian: sundmõte Farsi flag Farsi: پایبندی؛ قاطعیت Finnish flag Finnish: pakkomielle
French flag French: fixation Hebrew flag Hebrew: קִיבָּעוֹן Hindi flag Hindi: स्थिरीकरण
Croatian flag Croatian: fiksacija Hungarian flag Hungarian: komplexus Indonesian flag Indonesian: pandangan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: árátta, þráhyggja Italian flag Italian: fissazione Japanese flag Japanese: 固定観念
Korean flag Korean: (심리) 집착, 강박 관념 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: įsikalimas į galvą, idėja Latvian flag Latvian: uzmācīga doma; mānija
Malay flag Malay: pendirian Dutch flag Dutch: fixatie Norwegian flag Norwegian: fiksering, fiks idé
Polish flag Polish: mania, obsesja Persian flag Persian: پایبندی؛ قاطعیت Pashto flag Pashto: قطعی
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fixação Romanian flag Romanian: idee fixă Russian flag Russian: навязчивая идея, мания
Slovak flag Slovak: utkvelá predstava Slovenian flag Slovenian: fiksna ideja Serbian flag Serbian: opsednutost
Swedish flag Swedish: fixering Thai flag Thai: ความคิดที่ไม่เปลี่ยนแปลง Turkish flag Turkish: saplantı, tutku
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 決定 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пристрасть Urdu flag Urdu: کسی ایک خیال کا ذہن پر مس
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự ám ảnh Chinese flag Chinese: 决定

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