idée fixe
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Insistently downward melodic phrases appear to echo section’s title until they emerge as the idée fixe of the entire piece, doleful and reflecting a world in decline.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2023
An idée fixe ever since has been that the country “needs” four national wireless carriers.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2018
And if any one foodstuff serves as his leitmotif and idée fixe, it’s soup.
From Slate • Jul. 5, 2017
We are in the presence of a bore: one of those men whose minds have battened on an idée fixe and mislaid their sense of balance in the process.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 5, 2017
"I see non-resistance is becoming your idée fixe!"
From The Duel and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
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