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Word: Fixation
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (originally as an alchemical term denoting the process of reducing a volatile spirit or essence to a permanent bodily form): from medieval Latin fixatio(n-), from fixare (see fix)
fɪkˈseɪʃn
an obsessive interest in or feeling about someone or something
Short Definition:obsessive interest
Examples:- our fixation with diet and fitness
the action or process of fixing or being fixed
Short Definition:action of fixing
Examples:- sand-dune fixation
the action of concentrating the eyes directly on something
Short Definition:action of concentrating eyes on something
Examples:- during the period of total blindness there was a complete absence of visual fixation
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