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fixity

/fik-si-tee/US // ˈfɪk sɪ ti //UK // (ˈfɪksɪtɪ) //

固定性,固着性,定性,定势

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fix·i·ties for 2.

    • : the state or quality of being fixed; stability; permanence.
    • : something fixed, stable, or permanent.

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Examples

  • 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.

  • We 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.

  • Their eyes met in a lingering fixity, each with a question that did not find utterance.

  • She 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.

  • As the cottages belong to the landowners, fixity or certainty of tenure is like taking their rights from them.

  • And at last the wheel has rest, is still, Shrunk to an adamant core: Fulfilling its will in fixity.