fixed entity
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffixedandentity
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fixed
adjective
uk/fɪkst/us/fɪkst/
arranged or decided already and not able to ...
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entity
noun[C]
uk/ˈen.tɪ.ti/us/ˈen.t̬ə.t̬i/
something that exists apart from other things, having its own ...
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(Definition offixedandentityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffixed entity
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In other words, "nation" should be considered "not as afixedentityor settled accomplishment, but rather as a field of politics and even a project" (p. 223).
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From a conceptual point of view, however, it is not particularly useful to see denial as afixedentitybelonging to the individual.
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In other words, "nation" should be considered "not as afixedentityor settled accomplishment, but rather as a field of politics and even a project" (p. 223).
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Hence, the past is not a single andfixedentity, but rather the representations of the past are constantly realized constructions that are always utilized for the present.
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It is not afixedentitywhich can be pinned or stuck on to merchandise.
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Hansard archive
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That is afixedentity.
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Hansard archive
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The other is the state in which fixed entities exist together with other fixed entities.
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To look at the universe of all sets not as afixedentitybut as an entity capable of growing, i.e., we are able to produce bigger and bigger sets.
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Wikipedia
Security departments should never stand still or become fixed entities.
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Wikipedia
Patently, the object of social ontology does not consist of fixed entities, which somehow exist behind historical and social phenomena directing and subjugating them to any form of determinism.
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