| NOUN | state | fixedness, stationariness, immobility | remaining in place |
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| attribute | fixedness, fastness, fixity, fixture, secureness | the quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment | |
| attribute | fixedness, unalterability | the quality of being fixed and unchangeable |
| Meaning | Remaining in place. | |
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| Synonyms | stationariness, immobility | |
| Narrower | rootage | fixedness by or as if by roots |
| Broader | motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness | A state of no motion / motion or movement |
| Adjectives | fixed | fixed and unmoving |
| Meaning | The quality of being fixed in place as by some firm attachment. | |
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| Synonyms | fastness, fixity, fixture, secureness | |
| Narrower | lodgment, lodgement, lodging | The state or quality of being lodged or fixed even temporarily |
| Broader | immovability, immovableness | not capable of being moved or rearranged |
| Opposite | looseness | The quality of movability by virtue of being free from attachment or other restraints |
| Spanish | continuidad, fijeza, persistencia, pervivencia | |
| Catalan | continuïtat, fixesa, persistència | |
| Adjectives | fixed | securely placed or fastened or set |
| Meaning | The quality of being fixed and unchangeable. | |
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| Example | "the fixedness of his gaze upset her" | |
| Synonym | unalterability | |
| Broader | changelessness, unchangeability, unchangeableness, unchangingness | The quality of being unchangeable |
| Spanish | inflexibilidad | |
| Catalan | inflexibilitat | |
| Adjectives | fixed | (of a number) having a fixed and unchanging value |
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