fixated; fixating
1
: to make fixed, stationary, or unchanging
2
: to focus one's gaze on
3
: to direct (the libido) toward an infantile form of gratification
1
: to focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention intently or obsessively
2
: to undergo arrestment at a stage of development
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As Peter Drucker observed in The Effective Executive, organizations often fixate on finding individuals who lack significant weaknesses.
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Michael B. Horn, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
There was also the fact that Trump seemed to be fixated on critical minerals.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
The way society fixates on the semantics surrounding this population while doing nothing to help its economic reality is an example of empty progressive virtue signaling so juicy that comedians can’t help but jump on it.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead of fixating on who left, pay attention to those who consistently show up.
Detach from the outcome.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
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Michael B. Horn, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
There was also the fact that Trump seemed to be fixated on critical minerals.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
The way society fixates on the semantics surrounding this population while doing nothing to help its economic reality is an example of empty progressive virtue signaling so juicy that comedians can’t help but jump on it.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead of fixating on who left, pay attention to those who consistently show up.
Detach from the outcome.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fixate
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“Fixate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixate. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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fixate
verb
fix·ate
ˈfik-ˌsāt 
fixated; fixating
1
: to focus one's gaze on
2
: to direct (the libido) toward an infantile form of gratification
1
: to focus or concentrate one's gaze or attention
an infant with normal vision … will fixate on a light held before him—The Journal of the American Medical Association
The Journal of the American Medical Association2
: to undergo arrestment at a stage of development
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