Definition of fixity in English:

fixity

noun ˈfɪksɪtiˈfɪksɪdi

mass noun

The state of being unchanging or permanent.
the fixity of his stare
Example sentencesExamples
- The latter would start with the irrevocable fixity of the exchange rates of those currencies participating in it, to be followed by the rapid introduction of the single currency, which would thus replace national currencies.
- The youth of the present generation is wandering aimlessly without any fixity of purpose.
- The owner of the ground, however, was not in favour of the Tennis Club expending a considerable sum of money on their courts while they did not enjoy any fixity of tenure.
- I think the important thing is that being gay doesn't hurt anyone, that gay people view it as core to their sense of self and that they don't feel any less fixity in their sexuality than straight people do.
- If the Modern Era was a rage for order, regulation, stability, singularity, and fixity, the Postmodern Era is a rage for chaos, uncertainty, otherness, openness, multiplicity, and change.
- Fair rent and fixity of tenure are not new concepts, but they seem to be concepts that the Government seem fearful to tackle.
- Having always considered intimacy to be rather messy, I was a bit surprised to see that its definition relies on containment and fixity.
- Partly it is an effect of changed economic circumstances, in the West at least, in which the roles of breadwinners and homekeepers have unravelled out of long-preserved ideological fixity.
- The agitation that he led influenced Gladstone to introduce the 1881 Irish Land Act, guaranteeing fair rents, fixity of tenure, and freedom to sell (the Three Fs) to tenants.
- But by Johns's account, the goal of reliability, of fixity, of faithfulness, and of protected authorship remained constant.
- Rather, it is the stability and fixity of patterns of family practice which demand an explanation.
- This metaphor implies the dichotomy within the artist of his simultaneity of fixity and of a nomad.
- As a performance, a speech act somewhere between recitation and song, his delivery eschews the apparent fixity and finality of a poem printed in a book.
- Without a sense of community, the village loses all fixity of purpose, never mind its unique identity.
- Their final point is the lack of fixity in one's social status.
- He postulates that one reason people with inquiring minds feel there is no place for them in churches is ‘the apparent fixity of our symbolical systems.’
- By replacing usual, permanent materials with unusual ephemeral elements, the curators hope to ‘neutralize initial fixity of ideas’.
- One should always remember that the words ‘immobilization’ and ‘holding’ do not describe a the actual state of affairs - they convey the idea of finality and fixity that do not exist in action.
Synonyms
stability, durability, persistence, permanency, fixedness, changelessness, immutability, endurance, dependability, constancy, continuance, continuity, immortality, indestructibility, perpetuity, endlessness

Origin

Mid 17th century (denoting the property of a substance of not evaporating or losing weight when heated): partly from obsolete fix 'fixed', partly from French fixité.

Rhymes

prolixity

Definition of fixity in US English:

fixity

nounˈfiksidēˈfɪksɪdi

The state of being unchanging or permanent.
the fixity of his stare
Example sentencesExamples
- As a performance, a speech act somewhere between recitation and song, his delivery eschews the apparent fixity and finality of a poem printed in a book.
- The latter would start with the irrevocable fixity of the exchange rates of those currencies participating in it, to be followed by the rapid introduction of the single currency, which would thus replace national currencies.
- This metaphor implies the dichotomy within the artist of his simultaneity of fixity and of a nomad.
- Partly it is an effect of changed economic circumstances, in the West at least, in which the roles of breadwinners and homekeepers have unravelled out of long-preserved ideological fixity.
- The youth of the present generation is wandering aimlessly without any fixity of purpose.
- The agitation that he led influenced Gladstone to introduce the 1881 Irish Land Act, guaranteeing fair rents, fixity of tenure, and freedom to sell (the Three Fs) to tenants.
- The owner of the ground, however, was not in favour of the Tennis Club expending a considerable sum of money on their courts while they did not enjoy any fixity of tenure.
- Having always considered intimacy to be rather messy, I was a bit surprised to see that its definition relies on containment and fixity.
- Without a sense of community, the village loses all fixity of purpose, never mind its unique identity.
- If the Modern Era was a rage for order, regulation, stability, singularity, and fixity, the Postmodern Era is a rage for chaos, uncertainty, otherness, openness, multiplicity, and change.
- Their final point is the lack of fixity in one's social status.
- Fair rent and fixity of tenure are not new concepts, but they seem to be concepts that the Government seem fearful to tackle.
- By replacing usual, permanent materials with unusual ephemeral elements, the curators hope to ‘neutralize initial fixity of ideas’.
- One should always remember that the words ‘immobilization’ and ‘holding’ do not describe a the actual state of affairs - they convey the idea of finality and fixity that do not exist in action.
- I think the important thing is that being gay doesn't hurt anyone, that gay people view it as core to their sense of self and that they don't feel any less fixity in their sexuality than straight people do.
- He postulates that one reason people with inquiring minds feel there is no place for them in churches is ‘the apparent fixity of our symbolical systems.’
- But by Johns's account, the goal of reliability, of fixity, of faithfulness, and of protected authorship remained constant.
- Rather, it is the stability and fixity of patterns of family practice which demand an explanation.
Synonyms
stability, durability, persistence, permanency, fixedness, changelessness, immutability, endurance, dependability, constancy, continuance, continuity, immortality, indestructibility, perpetuity, endlessness

Origin

Mid 17th century (denoting the property of a substance of not evaporating or losing weight when heated): partly from obsolete fix ‘fixed’, partly from French fixité.

单词	fixity
释义	Definition of fixity in English: fixity noun ˈfɪksɪtiˈfɪksɪdi mass noun The state of being unchanging or permanent. the fixity of his stare Example sentencesExamples The latter would start with the irrevocable fixity of the exchange rates of those currencies participating in it, to be followed by the rapid introduction of the single currency, which would thus replace national currencies. The youth of the present generation is wandering aimlessly without any fixity of purpose. The owner of the ground, however, was not in favour of the Tennis Club expending a considerable sum of money on their courts while they did not enjoy any fixity of tenure. I think the important thing is that being gay doesn't hurt anyone, that gay people view it as core to their sense of self and that they don't feel any less fixity in their sexuality than straight people do. If the Modern Era was a rage for order, regulation, stability, singularity, and fixity, the Postmodern Era is a rage for chaos, uncertainty, otherness, openness, multiplicity, and change. Fair rent and fixity of tenure are not new concepts, but they seem to be concepts that the Government seem fearful to tackle. Having always considered intimacy to be rather messy, I was a bit surprised to see that its definition relies on containment and fixity. Partly it is an effect of changed economic circumstances, in the West at least, in which the roles of breadwinners and homekeepers have unravelled out of long-preserved ideological fixity. The agitation that he led influenced Gladstone to introduce the 1881 Irish Land Act, guaranteeing fair rents, fixity of tenure, and freedom to sell (the Three Fs) to tenants. But by Johns's account, the goal of reliability, of fixity, of faithfulness, and of protected authorship remained constant. Rather, it is the stability and fixity of patterns of family practice which demand an explanation. This metaphor implies the dichotomy within the artist of his simultaneity of fixity and of a nomad. As a performance, a speech act somewhere between recitation and song, his delivery eschews the apparent fixity and finality of a poem printed in a book. Without a sense of community, the village loses all fixity of purpose, never mind its unique identity. Their final point is the lack of fixity in one's social status. He postulates that one reason people with inquiring minds feel there is no place for them in churches is ‘the apparent fixity of our symbolical systems.’ By replacing usual, permanent materials with unusual ephemeral elements, the curators hope to ‘neutralize initial fixity of ideas’. One should always remember that the words ‘immobilization’ and ‘holding’ do not describe a the actual state of affairs - they convey the idea of finality and fixity that do not exist in action. Synonyms stability, durability, persistence, permanency, fixedness, changelessness, immutability, endurance, dependability, constancy, continuance, continuity, immortality, indestructibility, perpetuity, endlessness Origin Mid 17th century (denoting the property of a substance of not evaporating or losing weight when heated): partly from obsolete fix 'fixed', partly from French fixité. Rhymes prolixity Definition of fixity in US English: fixity nounˈfiksidēˈfɪksɪdi The state of being unchanging or permanent. the fixity of his stare Example sentencesExamples As a performance, a speech act somewhere between recitation and song, his delivery eschews the apparent fixity and finality of a poem printed in a book. The latter would start with the irrevocable fixity of the exchange rates of those currencies participating in it, to be followed by the rapid introduction of the single currency, which would thus replace national currencies. This metaphor implies the dichotomy within the artist of his simultaneity of fixity and of a nomad. Partly it is an effect of changed economic circumstances, in the West at least, in which the roles of breadwinners and homekeepers have unravelled out of long-preserved ideological fixity. The youth of the present generation is wandering aimlessly without any fixity of purpose. The agitation that he led influenced Gladstone to introduce the 1881 Irish Land Act, guaranteeing fair rents, fixity of tenure, and freedom to sell (the Three Fs) to tenants. The owner of the ground, however, was not in favour of the Tennis Club expending a considerable sum of money on their courts while they did not enjoy any fixity of tenure. Having always considered intimacy to be rather messy, I was a bit surprised to see that its definition relies on containment and fixity. Without a sense of community, the village loses all fixity of purpose, never mind its unique identity. If the Modern Era was a rage for order, regulation, stability, singularity, and fixity, the Postmodern Era is a rage for chaos, uncertainty, otherness, openness, multiplicity, and change. Their final point is the lack of fixity in one's social status. Fair rent and fixity of tenure are not new concepts, but they seem to be concepts that the Government seem fearful to tackle. By replacing usual, permanent materials with unusual ephemeral elements, the curators hope to ‘neutralize initial fixity of ideas’. One should always remember that the words ‘immobilization’ and ‘holding’ do not describe a the actual state of affairs - they convey the idea of finality and fixity that do not exist in action. I think the important thing is that being gay doesn't hurt anyone, that gay people view it as core to their sense of self and that they don't feel any less fixity in their sexuality than straight people do. He postulates that one reason people with inquiring minds feel there is no place for them in churches is ‘the apparent fixity of our symbolical systems.’ But by Johns's account, the goal of reliability, of fixity, of faithfulness, and of protected authorship remained constant. Rather, it is the stability and fixity of patterns of family practice which demand an explanation. Synonyms stability, durability, persistence, permanency, fixedness, changelessness, immutability, endurance, dependability, constancy, continuance, continuity, immortality, indestructibility, perpetuity, endlessness Origin Mid 17th century (denoting the property of a substance of not evaporating or losing weight when heated): partly from obsolete fix ‘fixed’, partly from French fixité.
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