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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The headlines fixate on utopian breakthroughs or dystopian collapse.
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Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Each, mother and son, is fixated on the cough, but what about her words?
—James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Speaking to Allure in a recent interview, the Outer Banks actress opened up about how fans have fixated on her appearance in the hit teen Netflix series over the years.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 11 July 2025
Evangelical politics rest on the same punitive, exclusionary foundation—a politics of division and domination, fixated on the end of the world rather than the flourishing of the Earth.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
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Curt Steinhorst, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Each, mother and son, is fixated on the cough, but what about her words?
—James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Speaking to Allure in a recent interview, the Outer Banks actress opened up about how fans have fixated on her appearance in the hit teen Netflix series over the years.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 11 July 2025
Evangelical politics rest on the same punitive, exclusionary foundation—a politics of division and domination, fixated on the end of the world rather than the flourishing of the Earth.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for fixate
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“Fixate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixate. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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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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