Fixation and Manner

Fixation

Fixation noun - Something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned.

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Manner and fixation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Manner" instead a noun "Fixation".

Nearby Words: fixed, fixing, fixated, fixate, fixity

Manner noun - A distinctive way of putting ideas into words.

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Fixation and manner are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fixation" instead a noun "Manner".

similar	similar fixation	similar manner
disturbing	disturbing fixation	disturbing manner
obvious	obvious fixation	obvious manner
serious	serious fixation	serious manner
Other adjectives: childish, sexual, unusual, odd, bizarre, creepy.

He says things that make his partner ask if it's a "Zen thing", has an odd fruit fixation, and has a decidedly offbeat manner in dealing with the public.

Source: Cloud Cuckoolander / Live-Action TV
It's also mentioned that he can't challenge her in this manner while she's engaged to Ranma (hence his fixation on attempts to Murder the Hypotenuse) and at least strongly implied that as a fellow tribesman it would be neither needed or binding in the first place.

Source: Love Martyr
Oral Fixation: Shirabe constantly has a stick of Pocky in his mouth in the manner that a slightly grittier take on the same character type might have a cigarette.

Source: Visual Novel / Sweet Fuse At Your Side

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