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fixation: see psychoanalysis psychoanalysis, name given by Sigmund Freud to a system of interpretation and therapeutic treatment of psychological disorders. Psychoanalysis began after Freud studied (1885–86) with the French neurologist J. M. ..... Click the link for more information. . fixation 1. Psychol a. the act of fixating b. (in psychoanalytical schools) a strong attachment of a person to another person or an object in early life 2. Chem a. the conversion of nitrogen in the air into a compound, esp a fertilizer b. the conversion of a free element into one of its compounds 3. the reduction of a substance from a volatile or fluid form to a nonvolatile or solid form How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But when Mark Rutland (Sean Connery) manages to catch this thief of hearts, he has fantasies of his own about keeping the trophy princess, and their differing fixations fuel a psychological game of cat and mouse that threatens to produce even more mayhem. Spines that are unstable (eg, due to fracture or degenerative disorder) are often stabilized by an internal spinal fixation device. The banker pointed us to a free chess game site called Fixation which was written by Yale computer science student Adam Miller. |
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