fixated
adjective
fix·at·ed
ˈfik-ˌsā-təd 
: arrested in development or adjustment
especially
: arrested at a pregenital level of psychosexual development
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Alex stood across the living room, his head canted down and his eyes fixated on a carousel of TikTok videos emanating from his mother’s cellphone.
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
But Sarah is fixated on the disaster, in which two people were killed and a small girl was hospitalized and then vanishes.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Maybe murder seems like the easier solution to a person who is so fixated on maintaining her new lifestyle and public persona, created on the back of her sincere grief.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
What was your reaction to seeing audiences so fixated on your recipe?
—Giana Levy, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
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Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
But Sarah is fixated on the disaster, in which two people were killed and a small girl was hospitalized and then vanishes.
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2025
Maybe murder seems like the easier solution to a person who is so fixated on maintaining her new lifestyle and public persona, created on the back of her sincere grief.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
What was your reaction to seeing audiences so fixated on your recipe?
—Giana Levy, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fixated
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“Fixated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixated. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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