Etymograph

English

hyperfixation

From hyper- + fixation.

Formed from hyper- + fixation

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Old French fixation

English fixation

Today it means

noun A complete obsession or absorption in a subject or hobby to a point where a person appears to completely tune out their surroundings and where the person repeatedly returns to said subject or material.

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