idiosyncratic
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8.1
- adjective
- /ˌɪdiəʊsɪnˈkrætɪk/
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idiosincrático
- Her idiosyncratic style of painting made her artwork easily recognizable.
- idiosyncratic personal
- somewhat idiosyncratic
- highly idiosyncratic
It has their sort of idiosyncratic stamp on it.
- It has their sort of idiosyncratic stamp on it.
- It's a wonderful, kind of idiosyncratic, playful track.
- They are just based on idiosyncratic problems with the individual bank.
- Laws can't just be about idiosyncratic individuals, now can they?
- And and that's the idiosyncratic part of me, but I'm in good company.
- No, I'm an idiosyncratic, unique puzzle piece.
- And maybe I should add right now that Steve has a really great, charming, idiosyncratic sense of humor that it took me a while to get.
- I think also my dad has been very important to my life just because I've always been a a sort of very idiosyncratic thinker.
Examples
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My mother had a very idiosyncratic accent that no one could imitate 'cause she lived in many European countries.
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Other works are more idiosyncratic and deeply personal, reflecting the artists' dreams and visions about the city.
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If not, then the idiosyncratic risk might not be shared, right?
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It's not an idiosyncratic take on knowledge.
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On the one hand, some language use may be considered simply idiosyncratic.
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Decades passed before I understood what an idiosyncratic interpretation it was.
Academic text (1999) -
It's a wonderful, kind of idiosyncratic, playful track.
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We know that preK-12 students learn and develop in mysterious and idiosyncratic ways.
Academic text (2013) -
A team's success in any given year may merely be idiosyncratic and not representative of the team's true quality.
Academic text (1999) -
Also, we must not forget that learning is idiosyncratic, the learner unique, and evaluation, itself, relatively primitive!
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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3.9
Has a clear look or sound that makes it different from others
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4.4
Unusual in a way that is odd but likable
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4.2
A feature that belongs only to one person, group, or place
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6.1
Full of interesting, unusual things that make a place or person feel lively
Antonyms
How Idiosyncratic
Surface Forms
Morphology
idiosyncratic = idiosyncrasy (transparent) = idiosyncrasy + ic
Formed by the regular adjectival suffix '-ic' from the noun 'idiosyncrasy', producing an adjective meaning 'relating to an idiosyncrasy'.
Etymology
The word idiosyncratic comes from Greek parts idio- meaning 'own', as in the word idiom, and syn- meaning 'together', originally describing a person's private 'mix' of traits. So, something idiosyncratic is a personal, unusual habit or style that makes someone different.