fixation
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Detective Peter Doomanis of the Los Angeles Police Department said in his declaration, filed with Carpenter's petition, that he believes the man has "developed a disturbing and irrational fixation on petitioner".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
Others spread until every member of a population carries them, a process known as fixation.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
As the summer wanes, Jean’s fixation on David grows.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Given his fixation with the stock market, he may now turn his attention elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
But Milo was deaf and kept pushing forward, nonviolently but irresistibly, sweating, his eyes, as though he were in the grip of a blind fixation, burning feverishly, and his twitching mouth slavering.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
Vocabulary lists containing fixation
Psychology
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Vocabulary from Readings 2, Unit 2
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