Meaning & use
fixation
An obsessive or unusually strong interest in or attachment to a particular person or thing.
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His fixation on winning meant he barely slept during the tournament.
Doctors linked her fixation on cleanliness to an underlying anxiety disorder.
A note on using this word
Fixation is often used in psychology to describe an unhealthy or unresolved attachment formed during development.
Words with a similar meaning
obsessionpreoccupation
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