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fixated

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fix·ate  (fkst)
v. fix·at·ed, fix·at·ing, fix·ates
v.tr.
1. To make fixed, stable, or stationary.
2. To focus one's eyes or attention on: fixate a faint object.
3. 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).
4. Psychology
a. To attach (oneself) to a person or thing in an immature or neurotic fashion.
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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
fixated
adjective obsessed, fascinated, preoccupied, captivated, attached, devoted, absorbed, caught up in, single-minded, smitten, taken up with, besotted, wrapped up in, engrossed, spellbound, infatuated, mesmerized, hypnotized, hung up on (slang), monomaniacal, prepossessed As a child, he was fixated with video nasties.
detached, indifferent, open-minded, unconcerned, uninterested, dispassionate, uncommitted, uninvolved, unprepossessed
Translations
fixated [fɪkˈseɪtɪd] ADJ to be fixated on sth/sbestar obsesionado con algo/algn, tener una fijación con algo/algn
to become or get fixated on or with sth/sbobsesionarse con algo/algn
mother-fixatedcon fijación materna or en la madre
fixated [fɪkˈseɪtɪd] adj (= obsessed) → obsédé(e)
to be fixated on sth → être obsédé(e) par qch
fixated
adjfixiert (→ on auf +acc)


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