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• fixation — 1. The condition of being firmly attached or set. 2. In histology, the rapid killing of tissue elements and their preservation and hardening to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body. SYN: fixing. 3. In… …   Medical dictionary

• fixation — UK [fɪkˈseɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms fixation : singular fixation plural fixations 1) a very strong interest in something that prevents you from paying attention to anything else Doug has a fixation with sports cars.… …   English dictionary

• Mental — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Mental », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Mental est un adjectif et un nom renvoyant au… …   Wikipédia en Français

• fixation — fix|a|tion [fıkˈseıʃən] n 1.) a very strong interest in or love for someone or something, that is not natural or healthy fixation on/with/about ▪ Carlo has an absolute fixation with the royal family. ▪ a mother fixation 2.) technical a kind of… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fixation — fix|a|tion [ fık seıʃn ] noun count or uncount 1. ) a very strong interest in something that prevents you from paying attention to anything else: Doug has a fixation with sports cars. 2. ) TECHNICAL a mental condition in which your feelings about …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• fixation — noun (C) 1 an unnaturally strong interest in or love for someone or something (+ about/with): Trevor s got this fixation about cleanliness. 2 technical a kind of mental illness in which someone s mind or emotions stop developing, so that they are …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fixation — n. 1) (in psychoanalysis) a failure of psychological development, in which traumatic events prevent a child from progressing to the next developmental stage. This was formerly hypothesized to be a cause of mental illness and of personality… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• fixation —   n. Psychology, establishment in childhood of mental attitude which persists through life; popularly, obsession, established habit …   Dictionary of difficult words

• Jerry Fodor on mental architecture — Jerry Fodor is notable for his important and influential ideas on a hypothesized structure of the mind or, what has often been called mental architecture. Contents 1 Fodor and Chomsky 2 Why modularity matters 2.1 Gibson and the inferential thesis …   Wikipedia

• Classification of mental disorders — Main article: Mental disorder Psychology …   Wikipedia

• Cognitive-shifting — is a method used in awareness management describing the mental process of re directing one s focus of attention away from one fixation and toward a different focus of attention. This shifting process can be initiated either by habit and… …   Wikipedia