Both Uses of
fixation
in
Brave New World
- So essential when there was under-production; but in an age of machines and the fixation of nitrogen—positively a crime against society.†
p. 52.6 *
- Even after decanting, he's still inside a bottle—an invisible bottle of infantile and embryonic fixations.†
p. 222.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(fixation as in: fixated on football) an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, fixation can reference chemical bonding (especially of Nitrogen in the soil), or an arrested stage of development theorized by Freud (as in oral fixation), or (especially in medicine) the activity of fastening something firmly in position. To see those or other specialized meanings, check the Wikipedia or Dictionary with Pronunciation links.