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fixity
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fix·i·ty  (fks-t)
n. pl. fix·i·ties
1. The quality or condition of being fixed.
2. Something fixed or immovable.

fixity [ˈfɪksɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. the state or quality of being fixed; stability
2. something that is fixed; a fixture
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fixity - the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
immovability, immovableness - not capable of being moved or rearranged
lodgement, lodging, lodgment - the state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily; "the lodgment of the balloon in the tree"
2.fixity - the quality of being incapable of mutation; "Darwin challenged the fixity of species"
unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness, changelessness - the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
unalterability - the quality of not being alterable
agelessness - the quality of being timeless and eternal
Translations
fixity [ˈfɪksɪti] nfixité f
fixity
n (liter) his fixity of purposeseine Zielstrebigkeit


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In the Norton edition, the addition of introductions and annotations to each play actually tends to reinstate the fixities that the edition ostensibly rejects.
To this end, it seeks to "to reveal aspects of cultures in transition that may shift stereotypes and fixities of 'Otherness.
In the Norton edition, the addition of introductions and annotations to each play actually tends to reinstate the fixities that the edition ostensibly rejects.
 
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