Definitions of fixedness
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remaining in place
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synonyms:
immobility, stationariness
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types:
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rootage
fixedness by or as if by roots
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type of:
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lifelessness, motionlessness, stillness
a state of no motion or movement
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rootage
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the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment
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synonyms:
fastness, fixity, fixture, secureness
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Antonyms:
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looseness
the quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints
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type of:
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immovability, immovableness
not capable of being moved or rearranged
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looseness
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the quality of being fixed and unchangeable“the fixedness of his gaze upset her”
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synonyms:
unalterability
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type of:
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changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness
the quality of being unchangeable; having a marked tendency to remain unchanged
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changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness
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