fixation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely
Types & categories
- abnormality hypernym
Sense 2 noun
an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone
Types & categories
- preoccupation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the activity of fastening something firmly in position
Types & categories
- fastening hypernym
Related & opposite
- fixate derivation
Sense 4 noun
(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
Types & categories
- preservation hypernym
Parts & wholes
- plastination part holonym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | abnormality |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obsess |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obsess |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | obsessive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | preoccupation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | fastening |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fix |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | fixate |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | histology |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | plastination |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | preservation |