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   What does fixate mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of FIXATE is to make fixed, stationary, or unchanging. How to use fixate in a sentence.

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   What does fixate mean in psychiatry?

   • fix•ate /ˈfɪkseɪt/ v. [ ~ + on + object], -at•ed, -at•ing. Psychiatry to have a preoccupation with: He has been fixating on becoming rich. fix•ate (fik′ sāt), v., -at•ed, -at•ing. make stable or stationary. to become fixed. suffer an arrest in one's emotional or sexual development. Visit the English Only Forum.

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   What does fixation mean?

   • 1. to fix; make stable or stationary. 2. to concentrate one's attention on. 3. to concentrate one's attention (often followed by on ). 4. to develop a fixation. Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

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   What does fixate mean Sigmund Freud?

   • While the original 19th century meaning of fixate was "make stable," it soon came to mean "gaze upon." It was Sigmund Freud who shifted the definition to something more obsessive. His theories of psychoanalysis included the concept of fixation, an unhealthy attachment to something or someone — and fixate followed.

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   The meaning of FIXATE is to make fixed, stationary, or unchanging. How to use fixate in a sentence.

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   2 days ago · 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.

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   verb. These are words and phrases related to fixate. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of fixate. POSSESS. Synonyms. fascinate. mesmerize. enchant. be eaten up. hypnotize. bedevil. bewitch. possess. dominate. control. influence. obsess. consume. make insane. drive crazy.

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   Definitions of 'fixate' 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. [...] More. Conjugations of 'fixate' present simple: I fixate, you fixate [...]

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   verb. Definition of fixate. Synonyms for fixate. Now is the time to fixate on the present, not the past. Amy Zegart, Foreign Affairs , 11 Oct. 2023. Don’t fixate too much about the minute details — but don’t lose track of them either. Tim Conn, Forbes , 3 Nov. 2021.

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   Britannica Dictionary definition of FIXATE. [no object] : to look at or think about something constantly : to give all of your attention to something — usually + on or upon.

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   fixate / ˈfɪkseɪt / vb. to become or cause to become fixed; to engage in fixation (tr; usually passive) informal to obsess or preoccupy; Etymology: 19 th Century: from Latin fixus fixed + -ate 1