Associations to the word «Fixate»

Wiktionary

FIXATE, verb. To make something fixed and stable; to fix.
FIXATE, verb. To stare fixedly at something.
FIXATE, verb. To attend to something to the exclusion of all others.
FIXATE, verb. (psychology) To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological or neurotic manner.

Dictionary definition

FIXATE, verb. Attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way; "He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40".
FIXATE, verb. Pay attention to exclusively and obsessively; "The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death".
FIXATE, verb. Make fixed, stable or stationary; "let's fix the picture to the frame".
FIXATE, verb. Become fixed (on); "Her eyes fixated on a point on the horizon".

Wise words

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche