1. fixated - Adjective
2. fixated - Verb
fixated
simple past and past participle of fixate
fixated (comparative more fixated, superlative most fixated)
(psychology) attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner
For me, it was like this: pronounced antipathy to conversing about matters of practical life, the future, dates, politics. You are fixated on the intellectual sphere as a man possessed may be fixated on the sexual: under its spell, sucked into it. Walter Benjamin
To live fixated on the future is to engage in psychological denial. It is a form of psychic violence that prepares us to accept the violence needed to ensure the maintenance of imperialist, future-oriented society. Bell hooks
Scientism exalts the idea of science on its own, causing people to become fixated on the assumptions that seemed scientific to them during their formative years. This prevents them from seeing contrary facts, however glaring they may be, that have been noticed more lately. Mary Midgley
Most people in the world are Christ lovers. And then there are Christ haters. But all of them are fixated on Christ, and he perpetuates for ever. Marilyn Monroe
Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts. Ian Hart
I may not have a practical mind, but it's very fixated on concrete things. I like detail. Alma Guillermoprieto