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FIXEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being fixed and unchangeable
Example:
the fixedness of his gaze upset her
Synonyms:
fixedness; unalterability
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fixedness" is a kind of...):
changelessness; unchangeability; unchangeableness; unchangingness (the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged)
Derivation:
fixed ((of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
Synonyms:
fastness; fixedness; fixity; fixture; secureness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fixedness" is a kind of...):
immovability; immovableness (not capable of being moved or rearranged)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fixedness"):
lodgement; lodging; lodgment (the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily)
Antonym:
looseness (the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints)
Derivation:
fixed (securely placed or fastened or set)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Remaining in place
Synonyms:
fixedness; immobility; stationariness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fixedness" is a kind of...):
lifelessness; motionlessness; stillness (a state of no motion or movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fixedness"):
rootage (fixedness by or as if by roots)
Derivation:
fixed (fixed and unmoving)
