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

The character, fixated by a particular hat in his painting, sings "all it has to be is good", the lyric quoted in the co-stars' Instagram caption.

From BBC

Homeowners are often so fixated on what will increase the value of their property that they forget they are supposed to enjoy the space, too.

From MarketWatch

Alas, children these days spend many of their waking hours indoors, fixated on screens.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Related Words

• captivated
• dominated
• haunted
• preoccupied
• troubled