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Fixate

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Verb

1. fixate

attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way

Example Sentences:
'He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40'

2. fixate

pay attention to exclusively and obsessively

Example Sentences:
'The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death'

3. fix, fixate

make fixed, stable or stationary

Example Sentences:
'let's fix the picture to the frame'

4. fixate, settle on

become fixed (on)

Example Sentences:
'Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Fixate

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verb
1. 
to become or cause to become fixed
2. 
to direct the eye or eyes at a point in space so that the image of the point falls on the centre (fovea) of the eye or eyes
3. psychology
to engage in fixation
4. (tr; usually passive) informal
to obsess or preoccupy

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Fixate

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verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈfixˌated or ˈfixˌating
to make or become fixed
; specif.,
a. 
to direct and focus (the eyes) on (a point or object)
b.  Psychoanalysis
to attach or arrest (the expression of the libidinal or aggressive drive) at an early stage of psychosexual development

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Fixate

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v. fix·at·ed, fix·at·ing, fix·ates
v.tr.
1.
a. To cause (a person or the eyes) to look at or pay attention to something steadily: "My eyes were fixated on his playful, deep-set brown eyes" (Bernard Lown).
b. To focus one's eyes or attention on: "When you fixate the closer of the two fingers, the one further away is seen double" (Robert F. Schmidt and Gerhard Thews).
2. To command the attention of exclusively or repeatedly; preoccupy obsessively: "TV and newspapers were fixated on high-technology as the solution to almost everything" (Jay Walljasper).
3. Psychology
a. To cause to become emotionally attached in an immature or pathological manner.
b. In classical psychoanalysis, to cause (the libido) to be arrested at an early stage of psychosexual development.
v.intr.
1. To focus the eyes or attention.
2. Psychology
a. To become attached to a person or thing in an immature or pathological way; form a fixation.
b. To be arrested at an early stage of psychosexual development.

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