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verb (used with object)
1.
to fix; make stable or stationary.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become fixed.
3.
Psychoanalysis. to develop a fixation; suffer an arrest in one's emotional or sexual development.
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Word Origin & History
fixate
1926, originally in Freudian theory, a back-formation from fixation.
Related: Fixated; fixating.
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fixate fix·ate (fĭk'sāt')
v. fix·at·ed, fix·at·ing, fix·ates
To make fixed, stable, or stationary.
To focus one's eyes or attention on.
To develop a fixation; become attached to in an immature or neurotic way.
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