fixation
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- noun
- /fɪkˈseɪʃən/
- Specialized
- His constant need for validation is rooted in a psychological fixation that hinders his personal growth.
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Watch on YouTubeNow, it might be your fixation at some developmental stage that's the problem.
- Now, it might be your fixation at some developmental stage that's the problem.
Examples
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The molding process determines the nature and severity of the fixation, which in turn determines the placement of a given individual on the personality type continuum.
Academic text (1990) -
Now, it might be your fixation at some developmental stage that's the problem.
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So this theory here is not at all about this fixation, this maladaptive complexity.
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Their disturbances he talks about are all results of early learning causing fixation on the wrong species.
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We think it may be a psychological fixation that imprisons them in the first hours after the incident.
Fiction book (1994) -
Oral fixation of the child and gratification of the mother.
Blog text (5) -
If, however, the traumatizing fixation occurs at the later oral phase, the self may well be in a position to attribute the cause of pain and deprivation to its proper source: the objects.
Academic text (1990) -
The therapist explained that her childhood fixation on certain toys indicated an emotional development issue.
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He often reflects on his early fixation with perfectionism, realizing it stalled his ability to enjoy present moments.
Synonyms
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A condition when a person's body or mind stops growing normally before it finishes
An emotional problem where a person stops growing emotionally and acts like a child
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.9
A process where soil bacteria change nitrogen in the air into forms plants can use
- Specialized
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A lab test that shows whether blood has antibodies to a particular germ
- Specialized
A lab test that mixes blood serum with a germ piece and a blood protein to check for antibodies
- Archaic
An emotional problem where a person stops growing emotionally and acts like a child
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fixation comes from the verb fix, which can mean 'to stay' or 'become stuck'. In psychology a fixation is when development stays at one stage, so it can stop normal emotional growth.