different between fixation vs preoccupation

English

Etymology

From Old French fixation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /f?ks?e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

fixation (countable and uncountable, plural fixations)

1. The act of fixing.
2. The state of being fixed or fixated.
4. The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
5. The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
6. In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
8. A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea, or thing.
9. (law) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.

   In order to obtain copyright on a recording in the United States, the recording must have been reduced to fixation on or after February 15, 1972.

10. (genetics) The change in a gene pool from a situation where there exists at least two variants of a particular gene (allele) to a situation where only one of the alleles remains.

Synonyms

• (state of being fixed): fixedness

Antonyms

• (act of fixing): movement, change

Translations

References

Fixation (population genetics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

fixer +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fik.sa.sj??/

Noun

fixation f (plural fixations)

1. fixation

   Tu ferais bien de vérifier les fixations avant de partir.

2. (psychology, informal) fixation, obsession

   Synonyms: fixette, obsession

Further reading

• “fixation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• pre-occupation

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préoccupation, from Latin praeoccupati?. Synchronically analyzable as pre- +? occupation or preoccupy +? -ation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

preoccupation (countable and uncountable, plural preoccupations)

1. The state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
2. The act of occupying something before someone else.

Synonyms

• preoccupancy

Related terms

• preoccupy
• occupation

Translations