fixated
Americanadjective
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Psychoanalysis. arrested in emotional or sexual development.
To me, he still seems stuck at the stage of an orally fixated toddler.
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fastened or held in one place.
An unstable dislocation, often due to loose ligaments, is more problematic than the fixated type of joint dislocation.
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aimed or directed in one place.
He looked up at me with the fixated stare of a strangled fish.
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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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Largely because Angels scouting director Bob Fontaine Jr. ignored the potential limitations that others fixated on when evaluating Abbott.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
In particular, Kroger is now fixated on offering low prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
"In stem cell biology, people are always fixated with creating the end cell type, like the neuron," Jokhai said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 21, 2026
He was arrested and pleaded guilty to harassing Banks, who he claimed to have become fixated on as a result of internal Labour Party fall-outs while suffering from severe mental health problems.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Once I did, I realized that something really important had happened while I was fixated on the olive groves of Kabul and Baghdad.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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