particular taste
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3.6
- noun
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gusto particular
- Many people have a particular taste for organic products, preferring them over conventional options.
- very particular taste
You can actually uncouple the preference for particular tastes with the reward systems in the brain in a way that, for instance, would allow you to eat.
- You can actually uncouple the preference for particular tastes with the reward systems in the brain in a way that, for instance, would allow you to eat.
Examples
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I love handmade crafts because I have a particular taste for the unusual, and the only way to get the custom jewelry I want is through craftsmakers.
Blog text (1) -
Charles, as you know, Link is regarded by many to be a man of particular tastes, right.
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Charlene, what is that particular taste?
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A whole new branch of Tunisian material culture has been created for tourists, who have their own very particular tastes.
Academic text (2004) -
You can actually uncouple the preference for particular tastes with the reward systems in the brain in a way that, for instance, would allow you to eat.
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A certain sternness of character and the undeniable pleasure of indulging your own particular tastes.
Blog text (16) -
I have a particular taste for the things of the fifties, the era when my parents were in their prime: good white middle-class folks living in a good white middle-class section of Detroit with their good white middle-class infant.
Fiction book (1999) -
Noah has a particular taste for spicy foods, which often surprises his friends.
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She decorated her home to reflect her particular taste in art and design.
Synonyms
157
2.1
A stronger liking for one thing than for others
28
3.1
A liking for one thing over another
How Selective
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7.1
2
3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person's specific preferences' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'particular' (specific/distinct) with 'taste' (preferences or likes). This simple adjective + noun compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English semantics, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the expression.
Etymology
Particular taste comes from the image of someone tasting food very carefully: taste is what you like and particular means very exact. So it means a person's 'specific' likes or choices.