idée fixe

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Pronunciation

 * (or as French )

Noun

 * 1)  An idea dominating the mind and maintained despite evidence to the contrary;, an obsession.
 * 2) * 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation (1974 Panther Books Ltd publication), part V: “The Merchant Princes”, chapter 13, page 171, ¶ 13:
 * [“]A foreign policy of domination through spiritual means is [Jorane Sutt’s] idée fixe, but it’s my notion that his ultimate aims aren’t spiritual.[”]
 * 1) * 2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 9:
 * His conclusion though is illuminating, and established a theme that was to concern him for the next forty years of his life, becoming the idée fixe of works such as The Ghost in the Machine, The Act of Creation and the Roots of Coincidence.
 * 1) A recurring musical theme; a leitmotif.
 * His conclusion though is illuminating, and established a theme that was to concern him for the next forty years of his life, becoming the idée fixe of works such as The Ghost in the Machine, The Act of Creation and the Roots of Coincidence.
 * 1) A recurring musical theme; a leitmotif.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: päähänpiintymä
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: fixa idea
 * Italian: idea fissa
 * Manx: smooinaght chianglt
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fiks idé
 * Nynorsk: fiks idé
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, (alternative spelling),
 * Spanish: piñón fijo,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * Ukrainian: іде́я фікс, іде́я-фікс