Tom has a strange fixation to potato salad.
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Fixation
//fɪksˈeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "fixation" (118 found)
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Related words (59)
inaugurationinfantile fixationinfatuationinfixioninhibitioninitiationinstallationinstallmentinterferenceinterruptioninvestitureinveteracyirresistible impulsekickletlibido fixationlifelodgmentmonomaniamooring
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morbid drivemother fixationmotionlessnessnegativismnuisance valueobsessive compulsionobstructionobstructionismocclusionoppositionparent fixationpeoplingplantationpopulationpossessionpregenital fixationprepossessionregressionrepressionresistancerestraintrestrictionretardationretardmentretreat to immaturityruling passionsetbacksettlementsettlingsqueezestabilizationstrangleholdstricturesuppressionthingtic
Noun(3 words)
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10 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- втвърдяване noun (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition)
- закрепване noun (the act of fixing)
- сгъстяване noun (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition)
Catalan
3 entries- fixació noun (the act of fixing)
- fixació noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
- fixament noun (the act of fixing)
Finnish
4 entries- fiksaatio noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
- fikseeraus noun (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition)
- jähmettyminen noun (the act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm)
- kiinnittyminen noun (the state of being fixed or fixated)
French
3 entries- fixation noun (the act of fixing)
- fixation noun (the state of being fixed or fixated)
- fixation noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
German
2 entries- Fixierung noun (the act of fixing)
- Fixierung noun (the state of being fixed or fixated)
Greek
2 entries- προσήλωση noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
- στερέωμα noun (the act of fixing)
Hungarian
1 entries- megjavítás noun (the act of fixing)
Indonesian
4 entries- fiksasi noun (a state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing)
- fiksasi noun ((cytology, histology, pathology) preservation of biological tissues from decay due to autolysis or putrefaction)
- fiksasi noun ((orthopaedics) immobilization of injury)
- fiksasi noun ((ophthalmology) maintaining of the gaze on a single location)
Irish
4 entries- fosú noun (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition)
- fosúchán noun (the act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition)
- 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)
Japanese
1 entries- 固定 noun (the act of fixing)
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)
Romanian
2 entries- fixare noun (the act of fixing)
- fixare noun (the state of being fixed or fixated)
Russian
4 entries- закрепле́ние noun (the act of fixing)
- 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)
- свя́зывание noun (the act of fixing)
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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