fixated; fixating
1
: to make fixed, stationary, or unchanging
2
: to focus one's gaze on
3
: to direct (the libido) toward an infantile form of gratification
1
: to focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention intently or obsessively
2
: to undergo arrestment at a stage of development
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Davis, eyes frozen and fixated on the door, didn’t move, his hands folded on his lap, the disappointment from the night filling all the empty space in the locker room.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
And Trump has proven to be particularly fixated with displays of loyalty, something that may be factoring into whether or not business executives want to figuratively shake his hand in public.
—Bybrit Morse, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
The play-acting at working came as Trump has fixated on Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ claim of a brief employment at McDonald’s in the 1980s—something Trump has refused to believe is true.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
That’s worth keeping in mind as popular investment media fixates on trying to pick winners and losers, based on election forecasts that at this point amount to little more than guesswork.
—Moneyshow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
And Trump has proven to be particularly fixated with displays of loyalty, something that may be factoring into whether or not business executives want to figuratively shake his hand in public.
—Bybrit Morse, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2024
The play-acting at working came as Trump has fixated on Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ claim of a brief employment at McDonald’s in the 1980s—something Trump has refused to believe is true.
—Chad De Guzman, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
That’s worth keeping in mind as popular investment media fixates on trying to pick winners and losers, based on election forecasts that at this point amount to little more than guesswork.
—Moneyshow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Fixate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixate. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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fixate
verb
fix·ate
ˈfik-ˌsāt 
fixated; fixating
1
: to focus one's gaze on
2
: to direct (the libido) toward an infantile form of gratification
1
: to focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention
an infant with normal vision … will fixate on a light held before him—The Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of the American Medical Association2
: to undergo arrestment at a stage of development
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