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
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This absurd claim is an extension of their relentless obsession to remove checks and balances within our government.Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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Opponent Kamala Harris' campaign—which has repeatedly mocked Trump's obsession with crowd size during the 2024 election cycle—shared a video on X, formerly Twitter, of the partially empty 7,200-seat venue.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Stephen reveals the text conversation started with someone texting him about a heart condition, then immediately jumping into talking about getting into new fetishes.Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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For his near-decade on the political stage, Trump has made a fetish of plausible deniability.Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The design is a culmination of one of his largest fixations—he’s been a sneakerhead for years.Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
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His fixation on birth rates and repopulating the planet, maybe, the publication highlighted.Alena Botros, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Idée fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9e%20fixe. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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