fixation
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7.5
- noun
- /fɪkˈseɪʃən/
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obsesión
- Her unhealthy fixation on social media led to a decline in her mental health.
- a fixation on a belief
- a fixation on grades
And there is a fixation on the Internet about that thing that he said.
- And there is a fixation on the Internet about that thing that he said.
- What would they say in defence of their, the absurd fixation on, on Israel?
- And even experienced designers fall prey to to fixation.
- And how does that kind of exemplify Hoover's, you know, weird obsession and fixation on Martin Luther King in particular?
- But the book's fixation on dialogue leads Erasmus to simply tell us what's happening.
- It's simply, you know, a fixation with dread, anxiety, confusion surrounding our place.
- And again, this goes back to this hyper fixation on body fat when the conversation should not be about obesity, drugs or body fat.
- And so just every step of his reasoning and fixation on trade deficits is just the wrong, wrong way to think about trade.
- And then it lists a bunch of late night comedians making fun of the fixation on Donald Trump, on Joe Biden being ancient and old and things like that.
- We're talking that there's not an accurate perception of, of what that part of your face looks like to the point that it becomes an obsession and a fixation.
- It's more so like not being focused and then hyper fixations, random spiraling, stuff like that.
- The pleasure hunt and the fixation are still there.
- I have less lesser female hyper fixations than I do men.
- And so it became this kind of fixation like that.
- You know this what is the the fixation of domestic intelligence services around the world.
Examples
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I started to worry that his fixation was a glimpse into my own future obsession.
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She developed a fixation on me.
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One of the biggest concerns was she had this fixation on the end times.
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It's that incredible fixation on that.
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And there is a fixation on the Internet about that thing that he said.
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You know what, we have this fixation that more is better and more is not better.
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What is this fixation you have with Joseph?
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You know, I think that you have become the object of his fixation.
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I don't understand your fixation with those bones.
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And there seemed to be a particular fixation with revenge against white colonialists.
Synonyms
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5.1
A very strong, lasting interest that controls your thoughts and actions
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5.6
Thinking about something a lot and not noticing other things
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8.2
An extreme interest in one thing that a person cannot stop thinking about
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6.1
A very strong focus on someone or something that harms your life
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7.0
Thinking about something too much and doing the same thing again and again
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9.9
A very strong interest in one thing that makes someone ignore other things
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A lab test that shows whether blood has antibodies to a particular germ
- Specialized
A lab test that mixes blood serum with a germ piece and a blood protein to check for antibodies
- Archaic
An emotional problem where a person stops growing emotionally and acts like a child
- Specialized
A process where soil bacteria change nitrogen in the air into forms plants can use
How Obsessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fixation comes from the verb fix, which can mean 'to set' or 'make steady'. A helpful way to remember the obsessive meaning is to think of someone 'fixed' on one idea, so a fixation is being stuck on one thought.