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Discover LudwigThe phrase "fixates on" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English
It is typically used to describe someone's intense focus or obsession with a particular thing or idea. Example: The media fixates on celebrity scandals, often neglecting important news stories.
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Growing agitated himself over not having a father, he fixates on learning his father's identity.
My mind fixates on too many conversations with staffers for large NGOs and program officers for large foundations.
Always bad with details and the like, jamie fixates on one clear memory: the scratchy sofa in Polly's home.
Each one essentially fixates on a rhythmic figure, though unexpected excursions and outbursts occur in each work.
At least, she thought she was, until one day she fixates on her skin and freaks out.
Fixation count: number of times the participant fixates on an AOI.
The human eye makes a series of rapid eye movements (saccades) then fixates on some point in a visual scene (a fixation) (Goldberg and Helfman 2010).
Ayers fixates on the explosion.
The movie also fixates on the rituals of addiction.
"I don't know why Nate Holland fixates on us," he said after training Sunday.
What painter fixates on a woman's purse rather than on her face or figure?
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