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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Now, watch Gracie Abrams walk you through her 10-minute glowy face routine: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
24 Apr. 2025
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Joe stammers a non-answer because his prose has turned more erotic than thriller thanks to his growing obsession with her.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Ranging in age from toddlers to teens, these girls speak with a moral clarity that cuts through any defense of this country’s carceral fetish.—
Amy Nicholson,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2025
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Her videos will aim to appeal to those with hair fetishes.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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External fixation had stabilized the fracture, but the bone had become uncontrollably infected.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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And there was the breakup with her boyfriend of three years, fellow Bravo star Craig Conover, the demise of which was documented on camera and became a fixation of gossip sites like Deuxmoi and reality TV Reddit subs.—
Caitlin Brody,
Glamour,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Idée fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9e%20fixe. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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