FIXATION Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

fixation

noun

fik-ˈsā-shən

as in obsession

something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers

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Recent Examples of fixation The fixation leads her down a rabbit hole culminating in the revelation of shocking secrets. —

Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 May 2026 Across the slate, a fixation on class and inequality recurs. —

Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 7 May 2026 Here's more about Jones' weird fixation on the skin colors of athletes. —

Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026 Barnett’s hypothesizing about the motives of a nonexistent male child of Barack Obama is part of a conservative fixation that’s detached from historical reality. —

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for fixation

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obsession

Noun

Now, the Swedish flatpack giant believes its long-elusive obsession is, at long last, blowing up.

— Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
This story made the most sense to me, and for the next forty years his death became the rationale and justification for my Vietnam War obsession.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 May 2026