IDÉES FIXES Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

idées fixes

noun

plural of idée fixe

as in obsessions

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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obsessions

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That’s an angle for conflict that tracks with a lot of the show’s other obsessions, especially its zippy, mordant humor.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026
No one needs to understand your musings or obsessions except you.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

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