as in obsession
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers
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Recent Examples of fixation
Trump’s golf habit was a point of fixation for his critics during his first term.
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Performing across two consecutive weekends, people in their finest festival wear gather to dance in the open field, hold their barricade spot secure for the night’s headliner and possibly discover their next musical fixation.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
And this fixation with coming out on top goes beyond run-of-the-mill comparisons, Baker says, and enters more toxic territory.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 10 Apr. 2025
The fixation started even before the movie’s April 4 release, according to the website Know Your Meme.
—Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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Brett Samuels, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Performing across two consecutive weekends, people in their finest festival wear gather to dance in the open field, hold their barricade spot secure for the night’s headliner and possibly discover their next musical fixation.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
And this fixation with coming out on top goes beyond run-of-the-mill comparisons, Baker says, and enters more toxic territory.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 10 Apr. 2025
The fixation started even before the movie’s April 4 release, according to the website Know Your Meme.
—Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fixation
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“Fixation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fixation. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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