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
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Now, watch Brooke Shields style her classic bombshell hair: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!Annie Blackman, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
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Their testimony revealed his father was aware of his obsession with school shooters, and that the teenager had even discussed the Parkland shooting with his grandmother around a week before the shooting.CBS News, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2024
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Glass House plans to launch sales at the AFM, which begins November 5. Gonzalez Jr. and Gustin are also working together on Stiletto, which is about a serial killer with a foot fetish who stalks and kills his favorite dancers.Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
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Must even our pleasure gardens be subject to the human fetish for more?Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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Internet users were obsessed with the cat's food fixation, but others, unaware of her weight-loss journey, shared their concerns.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Trump’s alleged fixation with Hitler was also supported by material in several books, including one by CNN’s Jim Sciutto.CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 23 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 3 Dec. 2024.
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