All 4 Uses of
fixation
in
BoneMan's Daughters
- The driver, who had been fixated on the convoy's tracks, slammed on the brakes.†
Chpt 1 *
- And if she was alive—which he finally convinced himself she must be, if for no other reason than that BoneMan was too fixated on tormenting them both to end it so quickly—she could be badly hurt.†
Chpt 31
- Ryan moved around the bed, like a man walking dead and unseen, fixated on the picture.†
Chpt 38
- These seemed to be BoneMan's fixation.†
Chpt 26
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.