idée fixe — meaning in English
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English meaning
- obsession noun A single idea, activity, or interest that dominates someone's thoughts far more than is normal or healthy.
Senses
idée fixe is used for these senses in English:
- bee in one's bonnet (idiomatic) Something of particular interest or concern; an obsession.
- idée fixe (psychology) An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; (loosely) , an obsession.
- obsession An idea that engenders a compulsive or irrational preoccupation, or the preoccupation thereby engendered.