fixation
pronunciation
How to pronounce fixation in British English:
UK [fɪkˈseɪʃn]
How to pronounce fixation in American English:
US [fɪkˈseʃən]
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- Noun:
- an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
- an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
- the activity of fastening something firmly in position
- (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
Word Origin
- fixation (n.)
- late 14c., fixacion, an alchemical word, "action of reducing a volatile substance to a permanent bodily form," from Medieval Latin fixationem (nominative fixatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin fixare, frequentative of figere "to fix" (see fix (v.)). Meaning "condition of being fixed" is from 1630s. Used in the Freudian sense since 1910.
Example
- 1. But why this fixation on slavery ?
- 2. On the federal level , the fixation on the deficit above all else is particularly dangerous .
- 3. We choose to centre the debate on whether conservatism with a dollop of compassion or socialism with a fixation on low taxes is the answer .
- 4. Users also allocated significant fixation time to a box in the upper right part of the page where the price and " add to cart " button are found .
- 5. Research in marketing tends to have a fixation on econometric methods and psychological theorising , research in strategy functions largely as a form of analytics , and so on .