fixate
/ˈfɪkseɪt/
verb
- To focus one's attention or gaze intensely on something.
- The baby would fixate on the bright mobile hanging above her crib.
- During the lecture, I couldn't help but fixate on the clock on the wall.
- He tends to fixate on small details and forget the big picture.
- To become obsessed or preoccupied with a particular idea, person, or thing.
- The media tends to fixate on celebrity scandals.
- After the argument, she would fixate on what she should have said.
- Some people fixate on their mistakes and can't move forward.
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