Usually means: Obsessive idea dominating the mind.
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  1. idee fixe: Merriam-Webster
  2. idee fixe: Collins English Dictionary
  3. idee fixe: Wiktionary
  4. idee fixe: Dictionary.com
  5. Idee fixe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. idee fixe: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. idee fixe: Legal dictionary

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  1. idee fixe: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. idee fixe: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. idee fixe: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Idee fixe)

noun:  Alternative spelling of idée fixe [(psychology) An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary; (loosely), an obsession.]

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