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 Mahan and Villaraigosa, despite their flaws, are at least able to acknowledge their party’s fixation on theatrics over substance. —

Sal Rodriguez, Oc Register, 31 May 2026 Instead, the president is consumed with unpopular and unserious fixations. —

Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026 Parsons, in his feature directing debut (the script is by Will Soodik), proves to be a wizard of mood who shares the early David Lynch’s love of industrial cosmic sound design, and also Lynch’s fixation on the mysteries of electricity. —

Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 May 2026 The latest fixation comes courtesy of Off Campus. —

Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 27 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for fixation

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obsession

Noun

In fact, while bitcoin’s been in a price slump, the stock market has notched several all-time record highs and capital is rotating elsewhere as investors chase the chip rally and their obsession with AI infrastructure grows.

— Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Interest in the author’s life can curdle into obsession, as in Henry James’s The Aspern Papers, in which the narrator embraces any deception necessary to acquire the letters of a dead poet.

— Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026