fixation

Nouns

  • (n) an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely arrested development, infantile fixation, regression,
  • (n) an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone obsession,
  • (n) the activity of fastening something firmly in position
  • (n) (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body fixing,

Synonyms

arrested development infantile fixation regression obsession fixing

Words of close approximity

fixative