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

Fixated as I am, I’m not thinking of Ruth at all, of resenting her, of missing her.

From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2022

Fixated on internal quarrels and hemorrhaging dues-paying members, they lost touch with ordinary citizens, failing to harness movements like the Yellow Vest protests, experts said.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Fixated, determined, relentless — those are the descriptors for the pointillism of big, roiling, undulating crowd scenes in works like “Wild Thing, I Think I Love You” and “A Foolish Trick.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2018

He said MPs frequently have to report their concerns about threatening behaviour by members of the public to the Fixated Threat Assessment Centre, a joint police-mental health unit which tackles stalking.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2016

British newspapers have also reported that the police's Fixated Threat Assessment Center, set up to protect high-profile figures from stalkers, has reported more than a dozen men and women have been warned off.

From Reuters • Apr. 20, 2011

Related Words

• captivated
• dominated
• haunted
• preoccupied
• troubled