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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Julio Torres’ writing is masterful, a parody of conspiracy movies and pet obsessions that people have, but also…seriously James Cameron, what the hell?—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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Now, watch RuPaul's Drag Race stars spill secrets: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Only one of them has a fetish for the fetid stink of porta potties, but the other one has their weird kinks too.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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But the pieces linked libidinal fetishes with consumerist ones, a truth whose relevance has only inflated.—
Max Lakin,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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That fixation on good manners was dropped by season two, allowing RHOP to ascend to greatness.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
29 Jan. 2025
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Then, as soon as the light levels rose enough to support active carbon fixation in late March, the algae were ready to explode into action.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Idée fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9e%20fixe. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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