How to Pronounce "fixation"

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Definition

A strong and sometimes unhealthy focus or obsession with one thing, idea, or person. It can also mean the process of making something fixed or stable.

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She has a fixation with washing her hands all the time.

A child's fixation on a toy can last for weeks.

Her fixation on her ex-boyfriend is getting unhealthy.

Scientists study nitrogen fixation in plants.