All 3 Uses of
fixation
in
Hunger Games Book #2 (Catching Fire)
- I also become a little fixated on his eyelashes, which ordinarily you don't notice much because they're so blond.†
Chpt 11 *
- Or do I see the president fixated on me as well?†
Chpt 15
- I look over at Finnick for confirmation, see he's fixated on Peeta, his words.†
Chpt 24
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.