fixated

1 of 2

adjective

fix·​at·​ed ˈfik-ˌsā-təd 

: arrested in development or adjustment

especially : arrested at a pregenital level of psychosexual development

fixated

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past tense and past participle of fixate

Examples of fixated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Their take on the story of Agamemnon’s obsessive daughter — fixated on revenge since his death at the hands of her mother, Clytemnestra — should be something fierce to behold. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Like all of hip-hop’s early heroes, Flash is fixated on the genre’s history—righting its wrongs, fighting a headwind of faulty tellings over the years. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026

The Galliano exhibition had faced controversy from the start, as many fixated on antisemitic and anti-Asian comments made by the British designer more than a decade ago, along with his 2011 hate crime conviction in France. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 2 Sep. 2026

An entity behind the disturbance grows increasingly fixated on the family’s daughter, prompting two paranormal investigators to dig into what becomes a traumatic case. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

from past participle of fixate

First Known Use

Adjective

1926, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fixated

• abated
• ablated
• awaited
• belated
• berated
• castrated
• chelated
• citrated
• collated
• conflated
• created
• curated

Medical Definition

fixated

adjective

fix·​at·​ed

: arrested in development or adjustment

especially : arrested at a pregenital level of psychosexual development