fixed idea

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fixed idea

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Calque of French idée fixe.

noun fixed ideas

An idée fixe, an obsession, a fixation. [I]t was systemic, directed by Washington and signaling a rapprochement between the Americans and Havana, the imminence of which was a fixed idea among Miami Cubans.

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@misc{fixed_idea_2026,
  title = {fixed idea},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fixed%20idea},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}