Both Uses of
fixation
in
The Hunger Games
- Several times I've looked up to find one fixated on me.†
p. 97.3 *
- A few are nodding approval, but the majority of them are fixated on a roast pig that has just arrived at their banquet table.†
p. 101.9
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.