fixedness

fixedness
noun
1. remaining in place
• Syn: ↑stationariness, ↑immobility
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fixed, ↑immobile (for: ↑immobility), ↑stationary (for: ↑stationariness)
• Hypernyms: ↑motionlessness, ↑stillness, ↑lifelessness
• Hyponyms: ↑rootage
2. the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
• Syn: ↑fastness, ↑fixity, ↑fixture, ↑secureness
• Ant: ↑looseness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑secure (for: ↑secureness), ↑fix (for: ↑fixture), ↑fixed (for: ↑fixity), ↑fixed, ↑fast (for: ↑fastness)
• Hypernyms: ↑immovability, ↑immovableness
• Hyponyms: ↑lodgment, ↑lodgement, ↑lodging
3. the quality of being fixed and unchangeable
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the fixedness of his gaze upset her

• Syn: ↑unalterability
• Derivationally related forms: ↑unalterable (for: ↑unalterability), ↑fixed

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  • fixedness — fixedness, fixity Both are 17c words with a range of meanings to do with abstract senses of fixing and being fixed, but fixedness is now used much less often than fixity: • Beaten into a fixity of revolutionary purpose, the peasants will have no… …   Modern English usage

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  • fixedness — index adherence (adhesion) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • fixedness — noun see fixed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fixedness — See fixedly. * * * …   Universalium

  • fixedness — noun The state or condition of being fixed …   Wiktionary

  • fixedness — n. stability, steadiness; secureness; invariability; firmness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fixedness — fixed·ness …   English syllables

  • Functional fixedness — is a cognitive bias that limits a person to using an object only in the way it is traditionally used. The concept of functional fixedness originated in Gestalt Psychology, a movement in psychology that emphasizes holistic processing. Karl Duncker …   Wikipedia

  • fixity — fixedness, fixity Both are 17c words with a range of meanings to do with abstract senses of fixing and being fixed, but fixedness is now used much less often than fixity: • Beaten into a fixity of revolutionary purpose, the peasants will have no… …   Modern English usage

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