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as in concern
an eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business
our neighbor's curiosity about what we were doing last night was really offensive
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as in rarity
something strange or unusual that is an object of interest
the museum's curiosities include items constructed entirely out of toothpicks
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as in ornamental
a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest
an assortment of curiosities from around the world that the family picked up during various vacations
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as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
Charles Dickens typically endowed his characters with an array of endearing curiosities
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Recent Examples of curiosity
This one-of-a-kind woman heads the collection founded in its day by Emile Hermès (1871–1951)—an extraordinary cabinet of curiosities whose doors are occasionally opened to a select few on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
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Pierre Groppo, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026
Low curiosity, low humility, low openness to feedback — these are precisely the traits that both predict the need for change and predict resistance to it.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Quiet honesty helps your quick mind rest, while your natural curiosity finds new paths that do not carry old guilt.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2026
Approaching your child with genuine curiosity in their interests can go a long way.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
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Pierre Groppo, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026
Low curiosity, low humility, low openness to feedback — these are precisely the traits that both predict the need for change and predict resistance to it.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Quiet honesty helps your quick mind rest, while your natural curiosity finds new paths that do not carry old guilt.
—Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2026
Approaching your child with genuine curiosity in their interests can go a long way.
—Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for curiosity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curiosity
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Disney is betting that this universal concern will drive audiences to the film.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
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From Lowell to Los Angeles, there are coast to coast concerns about what these data centers can do to the environment.—
David Wade,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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In reflecting on her role as the first woman to lead TIAA in its over 100-year history, Duckett highlighted the rarity of her position as one of only four Black female CEOs in the history of the Fortune 500.—
Cheyann Harris,
Fortune,
19 June 2026
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But those shoppers are less motivated by logos and more interested in craftsmanship, rarity and personal connection.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
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The plant was a Japanese yew, an ornamental that is toxic and deadly to horses, according to the report.—
Aaron Katersky,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Many of the plants on this list can be interplanted with ornamentals in garden beds and around your patio or deck.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 June 2026
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Artists and couturiers are fond of the whimsy of trompe l’oeil, the trick of the eye, the illusion of reality.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Cohesion is the trick, and color does most of the work.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
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Since Socrates, dialectical thinking had been a method of eliciting truth through questioning and refutation.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Three people were taken into custody for questioning and police recovered a gun.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2026
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The android has a sunny outlook and a childlike wonder about the humans around her, with Ortega describing her as being on the complete opposite end of the spectrum from Wednesday Addams.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
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No wonder people are so eager to talk about it.—
Kyley Sitton,
Washington Post,
18 June 2026
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For American diners of diverse backgrounds, chop suey struck an enticing balance between novelty and decipherability, which propelled it to national popularity even as the US government moved to exclude Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882.—
Ashley Rose Young,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
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As the weather continues to heat up—and 4th of July celebrations approach—the novelty of the season starts to fully settle in.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
18 June 2026
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By nature of Darwinism, insects resistant to certain controls often breed and multiply in a garden, passing on that resistance as a genetic trait.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
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Charles Darwin also proposed that intersexual selection involved females evaluating and choosing males with whom to mate based on specific traits, such as a colorful peacock plumage.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
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“Curiosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curiosity. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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