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The definition of a fixation is a point of focus, an obsession or the chemical reduction into a solid form.
(noun)An example of a fixation is a compulsion to bite one's nails.
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See fixation in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a fixing, or fixating, or a being fixed, or fixated; specif.,
- the directing and focusing of the eyes
- popularly an exaggerated preoccupation; obsession
- Chem.
- reduction into a solid, permanent, or nonvolatile form
- nitrogen fixation
- Photog. the treatment of a film, print, etc. to make it permanent
- Psychoanalysis an arrest of the expression of the libidinal or aggressive drive at an early stage of psychosexual development, or a persistent attachment to some object or person that derives from this
Origin: ME fixacioun < ML fixatio < fixatus: see fixate
See fixation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The act or process of fixing or fixating.
- An obsessive preoccupation.
- Psychology A strong attachment to a person or thing, especially such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in immature or neurotic behavior that persists throughout life.
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