Antonyms for fixation
fɪkˈseɪ ʃənfix·a·tion

Matched Categories

1. • Abnormality
   • Fastening
   • Histology
   • Preoccupation
   • Preservation

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1. arrested development, fixation, infantile fixation, regressionnoun

   an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

   Synonyms:
   retrogression, reversion, infantile fixation, statistical regression, fixing, arrested development, regression toward the mean, regression, simple regression, retroversion, regress, obsession

2. obsession, fixationnoun

   an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

   Synonyms:
   obsession, infantile fixation, arrested development, regression, fixing, compulsion

3. fixationnoun

   the activity of fastening something firmly in position

   Synonyms:
   obsession, infantile fixation, arrested development, regression, fixing

4. fixation, fixingnoun

   (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

   Synonyms:
   infantile fixation, fixing, fastening, mend, arrested development, fixture, repair, reparation, regression, obsession, fix, fastener, holdfast, altering, mending, neutering

How to use fixation in a sentence?

1. Morten Heierdal of Anti-Doping Norway:

   When I started, the people using steroids were almost exclusively men in their twenties and thirties, but what we see now is that more and more young boys and girls are interested, it has to do with the fixation with body image, the desire to look good...

2. Bob Johnson:

   For some reason, these people have this fixation on it.

3. Cylance Chief Executive Stuart McClure:

   It underscores Iran's determination and fixation on large-scale compromise of critical infrastructure.

4. Lim Myoung-ho:

   It is easy to use... but there is also an error of over-generalization or fixation.

5. Cynthia Lummis:

   Let me suggest that it is harder for women in the Utah Republican conference than it is in the Democratic conference, because Democrats at this point in their history are fixated on identity politics, if you are black, Hispanic, Asian... you are cultivated within the Democratic ranks because of their current fixation on identity politics. Cathy McMorris Rodgers are not focused on identity politics.

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