fixation as a noun: - 1
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fixation
noun
1 fixation
An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely.
synonyms: arrested development, infantile fixation, regression.
Roget 184:
location,
localization;
lodgment;
deposition,
reposition;
stowage,
package;
collocation;
packing,
lading;
establishment,
settlement,
installation;
fixation;
insertion
etc.
300.
habitat,
environment,
surroundings
(situation)
183;
circumjacence
etc.
227†.
anchorage,
mooring,
encampment.
plantation,
colony,
settlement,
cantonment;
colonization,
domestication,
situation;
habitation
etc.
(abode)
189;
cohabitation;
a local habitation and a name"
[Midsummer Night's Dream];
endenization†,
naturalization.
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Polish: regresja
2 fixation
An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone.
synonym: obsession.
Dutch: bezetenheid, idee-fixe, obsessie
Polish: obsesja, natręctwo
3 fixation
The activity of fastening something firmly in position.
4 fixation
histology The preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body.
synonym: fixing.
Dutch: fixatie
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