plural idées fixes\(ˌ)ē-ˌdā-ˈfēks\
: an idea that dominates one's mind especially for a prolonged period : An obsession, especially one that keeps intruding irrelevantly into other matters
மனதில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தும் ஒரு யோசனை அல்லது ஆசை; ஒரு ஆவேசம்.
Origin
French, literally, fixed idea.First known use: 1836Did you know?
The term idée fixe is a 19th-century French coinage. French writer Honoré de Balzac used it in his 1830 novella Gobseck to describe an obsessive idea. By 1836, Balzac's more generalized use of the term had carried over into English, where idée fixe was embraced as a clinical and literary term for a persistent preoccupation or delusional idea that dominates a person's mind. Although it is still used in both psychology and music, nowadays idée fixe is also applied to milder and more pedestrian obsessions.
Usage: Upon interrogation it was observed that all of them had common idée fixe.No wonder he is successful, his goal was his idée fixe.
It's very uncommon for one to have multiple idée fixes.
We should be careful with people who transfer their idée fixes into us.
