fixation
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Others spread until every member of a population carries them, a process known as fixation.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
“Mother Mary” and “The Moment” explored the natural endpoint of pop-star fixation in the age of the internet.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
"I wanted the repetition to mirror those cyclical thoughts - a spiral or a fixation on one specific feeling," she says.
From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026
Call it a case of scenario fixation syndrome.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Gey was annoyed by the widespread fixation on HeLa.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
Vocabulary lists containing fixation
Psychology
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 2
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