fixation

Other forms of fixation

plural

fixations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fixation

What does fixation mean?

fixation means "an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fixation?

fixation has 3 syllables: fix-a-tion. The stress falls on "a". In IPA it is /fɪkˈseɪʃən/.

What is another word for fixation?

Close synonyms include arrested development, infantile fixation, regression, obsession, fixing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fixation a common word?

fixation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fixation?

12 words rhyme with fixation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.