Definition fixation in British English

fixation noun

[countable/uncountable] noun

/fɪkˈseɪʃ(ə)n/

a very strong interest in something that prevents you from paying attention to anything else

Example

Doug has a fixation with sports cars.

Example

She seems to have a fixation about someone called Tony.

Synonyms and related words

interest motivation involvement

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in psychology, a mental condition in which someone's feelings about sex have not developed normally because they loved someone or something a lot as a child

Synonyms and related words

catharsis complex conditioning

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