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idée fixe
noun as in fixed idea
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Example Sentences
It was an idée fixe, you were a fanatic, you broke half a Crown Derby dinner-service when you couldn't get it.
But what they have placed in their heads, how can it be called other than 'a fixed idea' (idée fixe)?
They are the people of what the alienist calls the "idée fixe."
The story of this brave, patient little people, with its one idea—an idée fixe of liberty—began to move me.
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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to idée fixe, such as: compulsion, fetish, fixation, infatuation, irresistible impulse, and mania.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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