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Fixation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Fixation? [n] (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body [n] the activity of fastening something firmly in position [n] an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone [n] an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely Synonyms \| Synonyms for Fixation: arrested development \| fixing \| infantile fixation \| obsession \| regression Related Terms \| Find terms related to Fixation: 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 See Also \| abnormal condition \| abnormalcy \| abnormality \| attachment \| fastening \| immobilisation \| immobilization \| preoccupation \| preservation \| saving Fixation In Webster's Dictionary \Fixa"tion\ (f[i^]ks[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [Cf. F. fixation.] 1. The act of fixing, or the state of being fixed. An unalterable fixation of resolution. --Killingbeck. To light, created in the first day, God gave no proper place or fixation. --Sir W. Raleigh. Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint. --Quain. A fixation and confinement of thought to a few objects. --Watts. 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. 3. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm. --Glanvill. 4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. --Bacon.

Fixation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Fixation?

[n] (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
[n] the activity of fastening something firmly in position
[n] an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
[n] an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

Fixation In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

         An unalterable fixation of resolution.
                                               --Killingbeck.

         To light, created in the first day, God gave no
         proper place or fixation.             --Sir W.
                                               Raleigh.

         Marked stiffness or absolute fixation of a joint.
                                               --Quain.

         A fixation and confinement of thought to a few
         objects.                              --Watts.

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.

3. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming
   firm. --Glanvill.

4. A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by
   heat; -- said of metals. --Bacon.

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