idiosyncrasy
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- noun
- /ˌɪdiəˈsɪŋkrəsi/
- Everyone has their own idiosyncrasies, like the way he insists on organizing his books by color.
- personal idiosyncrasy
- individual idiosyncrasy
- cultural idiosyncrasies
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Watch on YouTubeNow, these practices are not the idiosyncrasies of historians alone.
- Now, these practices are not the idiosyncrasies of historians alone.
- But I know I'm, I know I have my own problems, my own idiosyncrasies, my own good and bad.
- So it's just now so diverse that you can find a specific show for your, your, your, your, your idiosyncrasy and watch it.
- Quirky is when you have this cute little way about you are a cute habit, a cute little idiosyncrasy that becomes its own form of endearment.
- Well, it starts with having the courage to really share the things that you believe, having the courage to share the, the little idiosyncrasies of, of who you are.
- You've got all of the same concerns and idiosyncrasies and fears and and the other side is you see yourself the same.
- Old software, even if it's running correctly, is full of idiosyncrasies that made sense at the time but seemed pretty bass ackwards today.
- There's, there's a, there's there idiosyncrasies that are so connected to the voice.
- We're dealing with preferences and triggers and idiosyncrasies that's living with others.
- What what I've learned to do is by showing her that I accept except her idiosyncrasies.
- Yes, with all of our flaws at idiosyncrasies and challenges and, and, and things we do great and things we don't.
- Highly idiosyncratic, the idiosyncrasy of a highly intelligent person, but in many ways as unusual as Benji's mind.
Examples
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Schools must be willing to respond to the cultural idiosyncrasies of each subgroup.
Academic text (1992) -
Detailing all of the decision paths and idiosyncrasies associated with neuroimaging is beyond the scope of this article.
Academic text (2008) -
In fact, my wife and I often argue over a little idiosyncrasy I have.
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As a matter of fact, this idiosyncrasy of mine led me once into unexpected trouble.
Fiction book (1998) -
Those little idiosyncrasies that only I knew about.
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And they finally did learn to live with each other's little idiosyncrasies.
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It's one of my little idiosyncrasies.
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She had all sorts of wonderful idiosyncrasies.
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I had heard most about his teachers, whose idiosyncrasies he dwelled upon with affection.
Academic text (1991) -
Factor loadings depend to a large extent on the idiosyncrasies of the sample population.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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An unusual habit or trait that makes a person different
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A usual way of behaving, speaking, or moving that makes a person easy to recognize
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An unusual feature that makes someone or something different
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A small personal fault or odd habit that is not serious
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A quality that makes someone or something stand out from others
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An unusual but pleasant way of behaving
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An unusual habit, quality, or way of thinking
Antonyms
How Distinctive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
idiosyncrasy = idio + syn + crasy
Although the word can be segmented into Greek combining forms (idio-, syn-, -crasy), in modern English it is a borrowed lexical item and learners cannot reliably derive the meaning from the visible parts.
Etymology
Idiosyncrasy comes from old Greek parts idio- meaning 'own' and krasis meaning 'mix' or 'temper', so it originally described a person's own 'mix' of traits. That's why an idiosyncrasy is a small, personal habit or feature that makes someone unique.