fixity
Origin of fixity
1Other words from fixity
- un·fix·i·ty, noun
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How to use fixity in a sentence
I think we’re shifting to models in which we’re maybe less interested in the idea of nature as a space of fixity, or something that can be set apart from human culture and humanity.
The Unexpected Ways Climate Change is Reshaping College Education | Ciara Nugent | April 16, 2021 | TimeWe do not want to sink to such a fanatical fixity, but we do not want to drown in ahistorical complacency, either.
But there was arising a quiver in the fingers he held which belied the emotionless fixity of her face.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairTheir eyes met in a lingering fixity, each with a question that did not find utterance.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. SinclairShe gave a start, drew a little back and looked at him with a certain startled fixity as if he had stopped all else in her.
Fidelity | Susan Glaspell
As the cottages belong to the landowners, fixity or certainty of tenure is like taking their rights from them.
The Hills and the Vale | Richard JefferiesAnd at last the wheel has rest, is still, Shrunk to an adamant core: Fulfilling its will in fixity.
The Burning Wheel | Aldous Huxley
British Dictionary definitions for fixity
/ (ˈfɪksɪtɪ) /
the state or quality of being fixed; stability
something that is fixed; a fixture
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