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An idée fixe is a preoccupation of mind believed to be firmly resistant to any attempt to modify it, a fixation. The name originates from the French ''idée'', "idea" and ''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. ==Today's usage== As an everyday term, ''idée fixe'' may indicate a mindset akin to prejudice or stereotyping:〔 However, ''idée fixe'' has also a pathological dimension, denoting serious psychological issues, as in this account of Japanese culture for a popular audience: The pathology is what is denoted in psychology and in the law, as in this technical article about anorexia nervosa: ''Idée fixe'' began as a parent category of obsession,〔 and as a preoccupation of mind the ''idée fixe'' resembles today's obsessive-compulsive disorder: although the afflicted person can think, reason and act like other people, they are unable to stop a particular train of thought or action.〔 However, in obsessive-compulsive disorder, the victim recognizes the absurdity of the obsession or compulsion, not necessarily the case with an ''idée fixe'', which normally is a delusion.〔 Today, the term ''idée fixe'' does not denote a specific disorder in psychology, and does not appear as a technical designation in the ''Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders''.〔 Nonetheless, ''idée fixe'' is used still as a descriptive term,〔 and appears in dictionaries of psychology.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Idée fixe (psychology)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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