Tom has a strange fixation to potato salad.
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Fixation
/fɪksˈeɪʃən/
Synonyms for "fixation" (139 found)
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Closest matches (28)
Noun(6 words)
anchoragearrestarrestationarrested developmentarrestmentblockadeblockageblockingcheckcloggingclosing upclosurecolonizationcomplexcompulsionconfirmationconstrictioncrampcrazedeep-rootedness
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Strong matches (42)
detainmentdetentionembedmententrenchmentestablishmentfascinationfather fixationfetishfixed ideafixednessfixityfixturefoot draggingfoot-draggingfoundationfreudian fixationhamperinghang uphang-uphindering
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hindranceholdbackholduphypercathexisidee fixeimmobilityimpedimentimplantationinactioninactivityinaugurationinfantile fixation
Noun(10 words)
Related words (69)
infatuationinfixioninhibitioninitiationinstallationinstallmentinterferenceinterruptioninvestitureinveteracyirresistible impulsekickletlibido fixationlifelodgmentmaniamonomaniamooringmorbid drive
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mother fixationmotionlessnessnegativismnuisance valueobsessionobsessive compulsionobstructionobstructionismocclusionoppositionparent fixationpeoplingplantationpopulationpossessionpregenital fixationpreoccupationprepossessionregressionrepressionresistancerestraintrestrictionretardationretardmentretreat to immaturityruling passionsetbacksettlementsettlingsqueezestabilizationstrangleholdstricturesuppressionthingtic
Noun(11 words)
mountingmountingsobsessingobsessionspreoccupationpreoccupationspreservationregressionromanian imobilizasecuringtissue preservation
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
13 entriesabnormalcyabnormalityattachmentbiochemical processfasteningmental statemetabolic processpreoccupationpreservationpsychological processsample preparationsecuringstabilization
More specific
11 entrieschemical fixationchemoautotrophic carbon fixationethanol fixationformalin fixationglutaraldehyde fixationinterpersonal fixationmechanical fixationnarcissistic fixationoral fixationphotosynthetic carbon fixationscrew fixation
Collocations
6 entriescarbon fixationfixation methodfixation pointfixation processfixation timetissue fixation
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 10 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- fixació noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
Finnish
1 entries- fiksaatio noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
French
1 entries- fixation noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
Greek
1 entries- προσήλωση noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
Indonesian
1 entries- fiksasi noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
Irish
2 entries- fosúchán noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
- greamú noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Besätenheit noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
Polish
1 entries- fiksacja noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
Russian
2 entries- навя́зчивая иде́я noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
- одержи́мость noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
Spanish
4 entries- afán noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
- chaladura noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
- chifladera noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
- chifladura noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom has a fixation on his mother.
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He's got a fixation.
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Has Tom got a fixation on you?
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Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.