Fixation
/fɪkˈseɪ.ʃən/noun
The act of fixing or the state of being fixed, especially an obsessive attachment or concentration.
Did you know?In older scholarly and psychological use, fixation became a powerful term for a mind stuck in one position, echoing the older physical sense of something literally fastened in place.
Etymological Timeline
Late Latin
Latin
fixātiō
“a fastening or fixing”
Latin
Latin
fixus
“fastened, fixed”
Latin
Latin
figere
“to fasten, drive in, set up”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dheigh-
“to stick, form, mold, fasten”
Modern English
English
fixation
“the act or state of fixing; an obsessive attachment or concentration”