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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Corporate America is fixated on the wrong headline risk.
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Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
And one of the people fans have been most fixated on is Jack Nicholson.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025
The Hornets are attempting to alter the narrative that’s hovered over the franchise for the better part of the past two decades and are fixated on doing it sooner than later.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2025
Writer-director Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship, which cast him as a lonely guy who befriends, alienates, then becomes fixated on a cool neighbor (Paul Rudd), has some great moments but falters midway through due to a predictable plot.
—Judy Berman, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
And one of the people fans have been most fixated on is Jack Nicholson.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Oct. 2025
The Hornets are attempting to alter the narrative that’s hovered over the franchise for the better part of the past two decades and are fixated on doing it sooner than later.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2025
Writer-director Andrew DeYoung’s Friendship, which cast him as a lonely guy who befriends, alienates, then becomes fixated on a cool neighbor (Paul Rudd), has some great moments but falters midway through due to a predictable plot.
—Judy Berman, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Fixated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixated. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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