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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Like the TikTok identified by the Anti-Defamation League, these accounts shared photos and videos of the Columbine shooting and other mass shootings and appeared to show an obsession with these events, researchers said.Will Carless, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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Sometimes, this obsession is driven by external pressures or the desire for validation.Mark Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Jake’s made an occupational fetish of going where the danger is.Andy Andersen, Vulture, 15 Feb. 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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For spring/summer, a number of brands are adding to the sophisticated sportiness seen in ready-to-wear, fueling fashion’s post-Olympics athletic fixation.Madeline Fass, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2024
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The point being that there’s a lot of fixation on the low end of the funnel from finance teams, from marketing teams, that there’s all this leverage.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Idée fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9e%20fixe. Accessed 24 Dec. 2024.
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