as in obsessions
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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obsessions
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Fans being annoying online is nothing new, of course, but Housewives fans have a habit of turning their fun TV obsessions into world wars with lines drawn starkly in the sand.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 Mar. 2026 -
Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!—
Sarah Felbin,
Allure,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Idées fixes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9es%20fixes. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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