An '''idée fixe''' is a preoccupation of [[mind]] held so firmly as to [[resist]] any attempt to [[modify]] it, a fixation. The name originates from the French [French : idée, idea + fixe, fixed]. Although not used technically to denote a particular disorder in [[psychology]], idée fixe is used often in the description of disorders, and is employed widely in [[literature]] and everyday [[English]]. | An '''idée fixe''' is a preoccupation of [[mind]] held so firmly as to [[resist]] any attempt to [[modify]] it, a fixation. The name originates from the French [French : idée, idea + fixe, fixed]. Although not used technically to denote a particular disorder in [[psychology]], idée fixe is used often in the description of disorders, and is employed widely in [[literature]] and everyday [[English]]. |