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Fixation vs Addiction - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between fixation and addiction

is that fixation is the act of fixing while addiction is a state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.

fixation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of fixing.
  • The state of being fixed or fixated.
  • The act of uniting chemically with a solid substance or in a solid form; reduction to a non-volatile condition; -- said of volatile elements.
  • The act or process of ceasing to be fluid and becoming firm.
  • In metals, a state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat.
  • A state of mind involving obsession with a particular person, idea or thing.
  • (legal) Recording a creative work in a medium of expression for more than a transitory duration, thereby satisfying the "fixation" requirement for the purposes of copyright law.
    • In order to obtain copyright on a recording in the United States, the recording must have been reduced to fixation on or after February 15, 1972.

    Synonyms

    * (state of being fixed) fixedness

    Antonyms

    * (act of fixing) movement, change

    addiction

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia addiction) (en noun)
  • (medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.Angres DH, Bettinardi-Angres K (October 2008). "The disease of addiction: origins, treatment, and recovery". Dis Mon 54 (10): 696–721. doi:10.1016/j.disamonth.2008.07.002. PMID 18790142.Malenka RC, Nestler EJ, Hyman SE (2009). "Chapter 15: Reinforcement and Addictive Disorders". In Sydor A, Brown RY. Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. pp. 364–365, 375. ISBN 9780071481274. "The defining feature of addiction is compulsive, out-of-control drug use, despite negative consequences. ...compulsive eating, shopping, gambling, and sex–so-called “natural addictions”– Indeed, addiction to both drugs and behavioral rewards may arise from similar dysregulation of the mesolimbic dopamine system."
  • The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
  • A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
  • A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
    • His addiction was to courses vain.'' ''Shakespeare .

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