fixated
adjective
fix·at·ed
ˈfik-ˌsā-təd 
: arrested in development or adjustment
especially
: arrested at a pregenital level of psychosexual development
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Rebekah is so fixated on Tyler that her daughter simply fades into the background.
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Cross My Heart, out Jan. 14, follows Rosie, a heart transplant recipient, who becomes fixated on her donor’s husband.
—Megan Collins, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Key members of India’s foreign policy elite remain fixated on the United States’ relationship with Pakistan during the Cold War and fear its renewal.
—Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Iran has been weakened by Western sanctions, and its leaders remain fixated on internal threats.
—Charles L. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2016
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Jan. 2025
Cross My Heart, out Jan. 14, follows Rosie, a heart transplant recipient, who becomes fixated on her donor’s husband.
—Megan Collins, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Key members of India’s foreign policy elite remain fixated on the United States’ relationship with Pakistan during the Cold War and fear its renewal.
—Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs, 20 June 2023
Iran has been weakened by Western sanctions, and its leaders remain fixated on internal threats.
—Charles L. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2016
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“Fixated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fixated. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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