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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This makes its bestsellers both affordable and fueled by the latest fashion obsessions — a winning combo.—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
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But obviously the choices of who those characters are, and the premise of each story will reflect your obsessions.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Idées fixes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/id%C3%A9es%20fixes. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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