Definition of "fixation" []

• The act or process of fixing or fixating. (noun)
• An obsessive preoccupation. (noun)
• Psychology A strong attachment to a person or thing, especially such an attachment formed in childhood or infancy and manifested in immature or neurotic behavior that persists throughout life. (noun)

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• "April 15th, 2010 at 6: 35 pm tombaker says: label fixation is the hallmark of petty minds the world over."
• "I will never understand what the fixation is about constant attacks on Palin."
• "Bander attributes this to what he calls "fixation order," or the order of what people look at when they enter the site."