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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And that became my obsession during the writing of the script.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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Its power has been blown out of proportion precisely through the obsession, devotion, fixation through which it is regarded.—
Marlene Engelhorn,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The deflection coach will be the game’s next fetish.—
Phil Hay,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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Corbet has made a fetish of ambition — the actor-turned-director’s own attempt at grandiloquent filmmaking and the ambition of his protagonist Laszlo Toth (Adrien Brody), a refugee from Nazi oppression.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The big moments feel prompted, like when Crane and Grylls argue about his fixation on the game online.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Trump's fixation on acquiring Greenland and regaining control of the Panama Canal, which the U.S. handed over to Panama in 1999, seem to underscore his belief that international relations operate like real estate deals.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Idée fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9e%20fixe. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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