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Recent Examples of idée fixe This is perhaps why their partnership remains an idee fixe so many decades later. Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idée fixe
Noun
  • But will being back in the Big Apple where his murdering obsession began trigger issues between him and his new bride?
    Alicia Lansom, Refinery29, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The arrival of blue-and-white porcelain in Europe some 500 years ago (first as ballast on merchant ships from China) ignited an obsession with the exotic.
    Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • From there, James follows Helen into a subculture where others share their extreme fetish for car crashes.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Only one of them has a fetish for the fetid stink of porta potties, but the other one has their weird kinks too.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Ideally, this is the sort of fixation that makes people a little concerned about you, like Ben learning claymation in Parks and Rec.
    James Factora, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
  • Nick’s fixation on Sawyer’s luxe truck was understandable and consistently amusing.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 24 Mar. 2025

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“Idée fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9e%20fixe. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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