fixated

To be fixated on something is to be focused on it to the point where you can't think about anything else. You might be fixated on a problem that you're trying to solve, or you might be fixated on a person or object that you find attractive.

  • She was fixated on the idea of moving to a new city, and she spent hours thinking about it.

  • He was fixated on the wrong target, and he was killed because of it.

Definition of fixated

verb

To make something fixed and stable; to fix.

verb

To stare fixedly at something.

verb

To attend to something to the exclusion of all others; used with on.

verb

To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner; used with on.

adjective

Attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner

Nearby Words

fixated Pronunciation in a video (2)

Example Sentences for fixated

  • 1

    The subject stares intently at her material, fixated on the abundance of text.

  • 2

    The fixation point of the eyes is linked to an individual's focus of attention.

  • 3

    It becomes an object to fixate upon.

  • 4

    The first step of plastination is fixation.

  • 5

    The question regards the fixation of beliefs.

  • 6

    The topic is overrun by a fixation on the mechanicals.

  • 7

    The fixation of the cut off date was arbitrary.

  • 8

    The full black circle is the point of fixation.

  • 9

    The things you fixate on make no difference.

  • 10

    There is no need to fixate on any one editor.