as in characteristic
an odd or peculiar habit
one of the woman's eccentricities was her lifelong habit of reading while soaking in the bathtub for hours
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Recent Examples of eccentricity
Daniel Lee’s collection for Burberry continues to underscore the eccentricity of what Britain represents with guest appearances from Jason Isaacs, Lesley Manville, and Richard E. Grant.
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Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
Certainly, trying to recreate the smart-alecky charisma of Michael J. Fox and the genius eccentricity of Christopher Lloyd is a thankless task.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Through flood, earthquake, and subsidence, the Goose was coddled like a pedigree bird at a cost of US$1 million a year until Hughes died in 1976 after years of decline into Las Vegas penthouse seclusion and bizarre eccentricity.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
The Parker's dedication to eccentricity runs deep, even down to the bathroom amenities.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
Certainly, trying to recreate the smart-alecky charisma of Michael J. Fox and the genius eccentricity of Christopher Lloyd is a thankless task.
—Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Through flood, earthquake, and subsidence, the Goose was coddled like a pedigree bird at a cost of US$1 million a year until Hughes died in 1976 after years of decline into Las Vegas penthouse seclusion and bizarre eccentricity.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 25 Dec. 2024
The Parker's dedication to eccentricity runs deep, even down to the bathroom amenities.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eccentricity
Noun
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To pick some specific characteristics, no two athletes are going to have identical muscle constructions, bone densities, leg lengths, centres of gravity, tendon strength, foot-size or foot arches.—
Liam Tharme,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Each impart different characteristics due to their distinct wood grain and chemical compositions.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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This chip also drives many of the phone's artificial intelligence features, and allows the Pixel 9a to take advantage of all the same AI camera tricks introduced on the Pixel 9 smartphones in 2024.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
19 Mar. 2025
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This cat's trick shouldn't be too much of a surprise as many videos of felines opening doors have flooded social media in recent years.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Indeed, many, but not all, social and behavioral traits work this way.—
Dalton Conley,
TIME,
19 Mar. 2025
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Their goal is to build a comprehensive database that answers many questions about the behavioral and genetic traits of our friendly felines.—
Manuela López Restrepo,
NPR,
19 Mar. 2025
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Or are the effects of aerosols specific to the idiosyncrasies of lightning generation?—
Chris Wright,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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They were determined not to repeat those early mistakes and, above all, to build a sporting structure that did not depend on the idiosyncrasies of the coach.—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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Those mannerisms expand here alongside Othello’s increasing jealousy as Iago’s deception begins to take hold.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
24 Mar. 2025
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The museum also highlights how Swinton was inspired by authoritarian leaders Benito Mussolini and Kim Il-sung to nail her mannerisms.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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She's hosted all sorts of guests, from cartoonists studying cow quirks to TikTok influencers.—
Chrissy Suttles,
Axios,
21 Mar. 2025
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Since then, the pup has certainly developed many quirks.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hawking took mathematician and physicist Roger Penrose's proof that singularities do exist in general relativity and extended it to the universe as a whole — proving that, in our models of the evolution of the cosmos, the Big Bang really did begin with a singularity, a point of infinite density.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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But in the media-state singularity, there is not even the pretense of space between the two worlds.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
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Just one of the endless peculiarities that made up my dad.—
Chris Wallace,
Vogue,
4 Feb. 2025
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Advertisement In her loneliness and, paradoxically, in her peculiarity, Mickey embodies a recognizable archetype: the righteous female cop protagonist of a prestige crime drama.—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Eccentricity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eccentricity. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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