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
The Billable Hour Trap The fixation on billable hours often leads to overwork, burnout and a transactional approach to client relationships.
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Raquel Gomes, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
For anyone with sharp recollections of the heady rush of first love and the obsessive fixation on one person to the exclusion of all else, Dreams will strike chords.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
But while cleanliness is a virtue, germ fixation is not.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
Ambient dread had raised her defenses against loneliness, sleep, memory, longing—only fixations penetrated, whatever kept her alert and moving.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Raquel Gomes, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
For anyone with sharp recollections of the heady rush of first love and the obsessive fixation on one person to the exclusion of all else, Dreams will strike chords.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
But while cleanliness is a virtue, germ fixation is not.
—Matt Fuchs, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
Ambient dread had raised her defenses against loneliness, sleep, memory, longing—only fixations penetrated, whatever kept her alert and moving.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 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 12 Mar. 2025.
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