fixation
3
7.9
- noun
- /fɪkˈseɪʃən/
- Specialized
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fijación
- His constant need for validation is rooted in a psychological fixation that hinders his personal growth.
Now, 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
2
7.5
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
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
- Specialized
A process where soil bacteria change nitrogen in the air into forms plants can use
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.