idée fixe
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i·dée fixe
(ē-dā fēks′)n. pl. i·dées fixes (ē-dā fēks′)
A fixed idea; an obsession.
[French : idée, idea + fixe, fixed.]
idée fixe
(ide fiks)n, pl idées fixes (ide fiks)
a fixed idea; obsession
idée fixe
A French phrase meaning fixed idea, used to mean an obsession.
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idée fixe
(French)noun obsession, thing (informal), preoccupation, fixation, fixed idea, monomania, hobbyhorse, bee in your bonnet It is an idée fixe of mine that women work in a more concentrated way.