idée fixe

The self-regulating market was the idée fixe of the late twentieth century.
L'idée que le marché s'autorégule est une idée fixe de la fin du XXe siècle.
He imagines that the division of labour, credit, machinery, etc., were all invented in the service of his idée fixe, the idea of equality.
Il s'imagine que la division du travail, le crédit, les machines, etc., que tout a été inventé au service de son idée fixe, de l'idée de l'égalité.
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