fixity
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈfɪksɪti/
- Formal
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- The fixity of the ancient monument has amazed visitors for centuries.
- fixity and stability
- fixity of gender
- fixity of meaning
Examples
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When Rime speaks of living in "two worlds," fixity and singularity underwrite her view of "culture."
Academic text (2006) -
What we call stability or fixity is simply a slower form of change.
Academic text (1991) -
Predictable fixity is simply not the human way of behaving.
Academic text (2003) -
Rather than mounting a campaign for the new and modern individual, her art reveals a lack of fixity in the subject, a sense of uncertainty about the strength and physical presence of self.
Academic text (2013) -
The authentic self celebrates uniqueness, individual contribution, essence, fixity, and authorship.
Academic text (2011) -
" Its more immediate goals were articulated as the three Fs: fair rents, fixity of tenure, and free sale.
Academic text (1992) -
Repetition also establishes a fixity of those shared ideals that, as economic trends in Amish communities show, are in many cases quite fluid.
Academic text (2016) -
She admired the fixity of the mountains, standing tall and unchanged over time.
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Maintaining a sense of fixity in her routine helped her feel more stable during stressful times.
Synonyms
363
3.1
Being steady and not likely to change
15
5.5
A situation where something lasts a long time without big change
4
3.6
The state of being calm and not changing under pressure
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9.0
Something that stays the same while other things change
1
8.5
A state of not changing over time
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8.4
Firm and stable quality that keeps something from moving or breaking
Being firmly held in place so it does not move or change
The quality of staying the same over time
A state when something stays the same over time
A state in which something stays the same
A state of staying the same over time without becoming different
The quality of not changing over time
A state of not changing over time
A person or thing that stays firm and steady and does not change easily
How firmly something is fixed in place
When something stays in the same place and does not change over time
A condition of staying in one place without moving
A state where rules keep prices or policies from changing
Antonyms
How Fixed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fixity comes from the same root as fix and the suffix -ity, where fix means 'to fasten' or 'make firm'. So fixity is the quality of being fastened or stable — a state of being fixed or unchanging.