as in obsession
something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned
had this bizarre idée fixe that people were spying on her with electromagnetic waves
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Recent Examples of idée fixe
This is perhaps why their partnership remains an idee fixe so many decades later.
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Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idée fixe
Noun
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Given my obsession with identity, Simon’s comments on access control caught my eye.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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What matters is whether genuine compatibility exists beneath the obsession.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Most recently, the former clowned the latter for his alleged bedroom fetishes on Tuesday.—
Mackenzie Cummings-Grady,
Billboard,
15 May 2025
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Jack’s fetish for suits put me in mind of his early experience grading spinach.—
Cree LeFavour,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Little by little, this fixation on wringing out every cent that exhibitors can from their screens has made going to the movies less special and less distinctive.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
2 July 2025
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The Trade Numbers Fundamentally, the fixation on the trade deficit is misplaced.—
Ivan Illan,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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“Idée fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9e%20fixe. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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