'Fixation' definitions:
Definition of 'fixation'
(from WordNet)
noun
An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely [syn: arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regression]
noun
An unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone [syn: obsession, fixation]
noun
The activity of fastening something firmly in position
noun
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body [syn: fixation, fixing]
Definition of 'Fixation'
From: GCIDE
- Fixation \Fix*a"tion\ (f[i^]ks*[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. fixation.]
- 1. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed. [1913 Webster]
- An unalterable fixation of resolution. --Killingbeck. [1913 Webster]
- To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or fixation. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint. --Quain. [1913 Webster]
- A fixation and confinement of thought to a few objects. --Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of gaseous elements. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fixation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anchorage,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrested development,
- arrestment,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- check,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- colonization,
- complex,
- compulsion,
- confirmation,
- constriction,
- cramp,
- craze,
- deep-rootedness,
- deep-seatedness,
- delay,
- detainment,
- detention,
- embedment,
- entrenchment,
- establishment,
- fascination,
- father fixation,
- fetish,
- fixed idea,
- fixedness,
- fixity,
- fixture,
- foot-dragging,
- foundation,
- Freudian fixation,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hypercathexis,
- idee fixe,
- immobility,
- impediment,
- implantation,
- inaction,
- inactivity,
- inauguration,
- infantile fixation,
- infatuation,
- infixion,
- inhibition,
- initiation,
- installation,
- installment,
- interference,
- interruption,
- investiture,
- inveteracy,
- irresistible impulse,
- kick,
- let,
- libido fixation,
- lodgment,
- mania,
- monomania,
- mooring,
- morbid drive,
- mother fixation,
- motionlessness,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- obsession,
- obsessive compulsion,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- parent fixation,
- peopling,
- plantation,
- population,
- possession,
- pregenital fixation,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- regression,
- repression,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- retreat to immaturity,
- ruling passion,
- setback,
- settlement,
- settling,
- squeeze,
- stabilization,
- stranglehold,
- stricture,
- suppression,
- thing,
- tic