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
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Opening up about her first experience with negative body image, the 22-year-old musician shared in a cover story interview with Complex on Thursday, Dec. 5 that her obsession with Brandy Melville as a kid heavily impacted her self-image.Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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The film covers the prophesied pregnancy of Mary’s mother, Anne (Hilla Vidor), Mary’s time studying in Jerusalem and King Herod’s obsession with the foretold savior.Lisa Kennedy, New York Times, 6 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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The United States can use this fixation to impose steep costs on China, such as by finding ways to circumvent online censorship and disseminate writing by Chinese dissidents about the government’s corruption and economic failings.Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2024
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But this theory is complicated by how perfectly Vance’s rightward turn has tracked the fixations of conservative activists and élites.Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 28 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 17 Dec. 2024.
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