fixated

American  

[fik-sey-tid] / ˈfɪk seɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. Psychoanalysis. arrested in emotional or sexual development.

   To me, he still seems stuck at the stage of an orally fixated toddler.

2. fastened or held in one place.

   An unstable dislocation, often due to loose ligaments, is more problematic than the fixated type of joint dislocation.

3. aimed or directed in one place.

   He looked up at me with the fixated stare of a strangled fish.

4. focused on by the eyes.

   Given a constant distance between the two eyes, the location of the fixated point, where the lines of sight of the two eyes meet, can be computed.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of fixate.

Other Word Forms

• unfixated adjective

Etymology

Origin of fixated

fixate + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

So why is it this one I’m fixated on?

From Los Angeles Times

I look that way and oops, there’s Gene, doing his best impression of a fixated hyena or grizzly or something.

From Literature

George became fixated on him, and Hang grew more worried.

From Los Angeles Times

One image he was fixated on for the rave was a laser going through the mountain, following the line of the sound and then becoming two boxes.

From Los Angeles Times

Investors have been fixated on the prospect of a Federal Reserve rate-cut next week but the stock market may be focusing on the wrong central bank.

From Barron's

Related Words

• captivated
• dominated
• haunted
• preoccupied
• troubled