INFANTILE FIXATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infantile fixation mean? 

• INFANTILE FIXATION (noun)
  The noun INFANTILE FIXATION has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

  Familiarity information: INFANTILE FIXATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFANTILE FIXATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

arrested development; fixation; infantile fixation; regression

Hypernyms ("infantile fixation" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)