Fixation
Fixation noun - Something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned.
Usage example: their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers
Propensity and fixation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Propensity" instead a noun "Fixation".
Propensity
Propensity noun - An established pattern of behavior.
Fixation and propensity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Fixation" instead a noun "Propensity".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- love and fixation
- love and propensity
- desire and fixation
- desire and propensity
- passion and fixation
- passion and propensity
- inclination and fixation
- inclination and propensity
- disposition and fixation
- disposition and propensity
- partiality and fixation
- partiality and propensity
- bent and fixation
- bent and propensity
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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On SCTV, Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas played brothers Carl and Fred, butchers and film editors, who had a fixation on head cheese, and had snoutish noses and a propensity to squeal when agitated.
Source: Pig Man
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