Fixation

[fik-sey-shuh n] /fɪkˈseɪ ʃən/

noun
1.
the act of fixing or the state of being fixed.
2.
Chemistry.

3.
Photography. the process of rendering an image permanent by removal of light-sensitive silver halides.
4.
Psychoanalysis. a partial arrest of emotional and instinctual development at an early point in life, due to a severe traumatic experience or an overwhelming gratification.
5.
a preoccupation with one subject, issue, etc.; obsession:
All her life she had a fixation on stories of violent death.
/fɪkˈseɪʃən/
noun
1.
the act of fixing or the state of being fixed
2.
a preoccupation or obsession
3.
(psychol)

4.
(chem)

5.
the reduction of a substance from a volatile or fluid form to a nonvolatile or solid form
n.

late 14c., fixacion, an alchemical word, from Medieval Latin fixationem (nominative fixatio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin fixare, frequentative of figere “to fix” (see fix (v.)). Used in the Freudian sense since 1910.

fixation fix·a·tion (fĭk-sā’shən)
n.

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