If you accuse a person of having afixationon something or someone, you mean they think about a particular subject or person to an extreme and excessive degree.
The country's fixation on the war may delay a serious examination of domestic needs.
Synonyms: obsession, complex [informal], addiction, hang-up [informal] More Synonyms of fixation
fixation in British English
(fɪkˈseɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act of fixing or the state of being fixed
2.
a preoccupation or obsession
3. psychology
a.
the act of fixating
b.
(in psychoanalytical schools) a strong attachment of a person to another person or an object in early life
4. chemistry
a.
the conversion of nitrogen in the air into a compound, esp a fertilizer
b.
the conversion of a free element into one of its compounds
5.
the reduction of a substance from a volatile or fluid form to a nonvolatile or solid form
fixation in American English
(fɪkˈseɪʃən)
noun
1.
a fixing, or fixating, or a being fixed, or fixated
; specif.,
a.
the directing and focusing of the eyes
b. Popularly
an exaggerated preoccupation; obsession
2. Chemistry
a.
reduction into a solid, permanent, or nonvolatile form
b.
nitrogen fixation
3. Photography
the treatment of a film, print, etc. to make it permanent
4. 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
Word origin
ME fixacioun < ML fixatio < fixatus: see fixate
Examples of 'fixation' in a sentence
fixation
The latter has an unhealthy fixation with beauty.
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I am therefore embracing my current fixation, which is chunky cuffs.
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Racing the TT becomes a fixation.
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Word lists with
fixation
Psychology terms
(noun)
Definition
an obsessive interest in something
Somebody has a fixation with you.
Synonyms
obsession
yet another man with an obsession about football
complex (informal)
I have never had a complex about my height.
addiction
She helped him fight his drug addiction.
hang-up (informal)
I don't have any hang-ups about my body.
preoccupation
Success in her field has always been her preoccupation.
mania
They had a mania for travelling.
infatuation
Teenagers have their own infatuations.
idée fixe (French)
It is an idée fixe of mine that humanity should be doing more to save the plant.
thing (informal)
She's got a thing about red hair.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of addiction
She helped him fight his drug addiction.
Synonyms
dependence,
need,
habit,
weakness,
obsession,
attachment,
craving,
vulnerability,
subordination,
enslavement,
subservience,
overreliance
in the sense of complex
Definition
an obsession or phobia
I have never had a complex about my height.
Synonyms
obsession,
preoccupation,
phobia,
fixation,
fixed idea,
idée fixe
in the sense of hang-up
Definition
an emotional or psychological problem
I don't have any hang-ups about my body.
Synonyms
preoccupation,
thing (informal),
problem,
block,
difficulty,
obsession,
mania,
inhibition,
phobia,
fixation
Nearby words of
fixation
fix someone up
fix something up
fixated
fixation
fixed
fixity
fizz
Synonyms of 'fixation'
fixation
Explore 'fixation' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of idée fixe
Definition
an idea with which a person is obsessed
It is an idée fixe of mine that humanity should be doing more to save the plant.
Synonyms
obsession,
thing (informal),
preoccupation,
fixation,
fixed idea,
monomania,
hobbyhorse,
bee in your bonnet
in the sense of infatuation
Teenagers have their own infatuations.
Synonyms
obsession,
thing (informal),
passion,
crush (informal),
madness,
folly,
fixation,
foolishness
in the sense of mania
Definition
an obsessional enthusiasm or liking
They had a mania for travelling.
Synonyms
obsession,
passion,
thing (informal),
desire,
rage,
enthusiasm,
craving,
preoccupation,
craze,
fad (informal),
fetish,
fixation,
partiality
in the sense of preoccupation
Success in her field has always been her preoccupation.