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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At the root of the trove of emails and depositions from Jeffrey Epstein released to the public is a concerningly underreported obsession with race and eugenics.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
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Advertisement Meanwhile, as the protagonist and Vladimir develop a connection, her growing obsession with him reawakens her long dormant creative drive.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The looping white steel of the glyph gave rise to a series of further glyphs, their high-gloss finish-fetish circular looping tubes being but a short step away from her colorful bent rectangular tubing.—
Gordon Hughes,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2026
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Having a latex fetish is expensive, and this creates a barrier to entry.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Trump’s fixation about coal is another of his whims of iron, like tariffs.—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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On Elon Musk’s X and among influential right-wing thinkers like Curtis Yarvin, the fixation is even more overt.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
5 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Idée fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9e%20fixe. Accessed 8 Mar. 2026.
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