noun
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the state or quality of being fixed; stability
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something that is fixed; a fixture
Other Word Forms
- unfixity noun
Etymology
Origin of fixity
From the New Latin word fixitās, dating back to 1660–70. See fix, -ity
Example Sentences
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Jeremy Strong, who, as Kendall Roy on “Succession,” turned ethics-free tooldom into poetry, finds his Cohn in verbal tics and locked-jaw fixity.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2024
As the book progresses, she describes the pleasure of being in flux but also, increasingly, in fixity, routine, and things that are dependable.
From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2020
May’s simultaneous fixity and willingness to rely on her advisers has led people to wonder whether she is brittle, or wary of her own instincts.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 23, 2018
In fact, she regards Darwin’s work as “impressive,” and makes no argument for a young Earth, the fixity of species or any of the other usual creationist canards.
From Scientific American • Apr. 17, 2018
The profusion of metaconcepts in professional writing—all those levels, issues, contexts, frameworks, and perspectives—also makes sense when you consider the personal history of chunking and functional fixity in the writers.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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