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
Yet the wearable pieces Ponti intends to deliver come with a fair dose of eccentricity.
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
Maybe Crested Butte residents are simply better at protecting their history or eccentricities.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
The names alone should give an accurate indication of the unrelenting level of quirk, with everyone dialing up the eccentricities to 11.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
For all its ills, social media can also be an entry point for anyone interested in Chicago history and the city’s varied eccentricities.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
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Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
Maybe Crested Butte residents are simply better at protecting their history or eccentricities.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
The names alone should give an accurate indication of the unrelenting level of quirk, with everyone dialing up the eccentricities to 11.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
For all its ills, social media can also be an entry point for anyone interested in Chicago history and the city’s varied eccentricities.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for eccentricity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eccentricity
Noun
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What would be lost in the red-white-and-blue tedium gives Venezuela an instantly identifiable characteristic.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Many of the characteristics that made the stocks so attractive, like profit growth, remain intact.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The trick is whether Anthropic can hold onto its soul in the process.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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It's riddled with cheffy tricks but not in alienating way.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The competing hypotheses, which seek to identify common traits between Little Foot and any of these species, highlight why the fossil continues to be such a rich resource of information that could contain clues to human evolution.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
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Gardeners seeking to increase the biodiversity of lawns might consider allowing weeds with certain traits to remain.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The idiosyncrasies Holtz brought to Notre Dame stuck with players and coaches who entered his orbit.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Everyone’s hearts are closer to the surface than usual, so being tolerant of one another’s idiosyncrasies could be necessary to avoid strife.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
1 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Same voice, same mannerisms, next.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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The diversity of their speech patterns and physical mannerisms showed the breadth of the spectrum.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Come for the obvious hooks, stay for the more subtle quirks.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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Some of Nureyev’s quirks might have rubbed off on Cunningham.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Those outside of it appreciate the singularity of his collections—minimal, revealing, sharp—but have not yet become disciples.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
7 Mar. 2026
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The conquest of Mars and the achievement of the singularity are, like the nationalism resurgent across the globe, daydreams that offer a taste of that old comfort.—
Charles Finch,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The peculiarity of Ouédraogo’s seemingly straightforward and classical practice is to evoke distances, conjuring wide spaces between the images—which is to say, between the characters depicted in them—and to bring those spaces to life.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
6 Mar. 2026
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The answer lies in the subtleties and peculiarities of the reward system, and our old friend dopamine.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Eccentricity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eccentricity. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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