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
Menswear plays a large role in the film, and Bellizzi aimed to root Marty’s eccentricity through his suiting.
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Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025
The idiosyncratic characters that feel so unmistakably real in Brooks’ best work, right down to their quirkiest eccentricities, are pretty much nowhere to be found in this script.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
Nile, like Durst, is the prototypical bad seed, whose violent eccentricities present a threat to his family’s real-estate dynasty.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
And while my father, as the son and heir, could be allowed his eccentricities, my mother was another matter.
—Daisy Rockwell, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
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Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025
The idiosyncratic characters that feel so unmistakably real in Brooks’ best work, right down to their quirkiest eccentricities, are pretty much nowhere to be found in this script.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
Nile, like Durst, is the prototypical bad seed, whose violent eccentricities present a threat to his family’s real-estate dynasty.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025
And while my father, as the son and heir, could be allowed his eccentricities, my mother was another matter.
—Daisy Rockwell, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eccentricity
Noun
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Published in Aerospace Science and Technology, the study describes that the Accurate prediction of aerodynamic drag characteristics across a wide range of wing-body configurations is crucial in the early design stages of transonic commercial transport aircraft.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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Customers see a different look, feel, color, drape and other characteristics of an apparel product.—
Raj Dhiman,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
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This dish will do the trick with crispy chicken and fresh zucchini tossed in a tender linguine with a robust lemon flavor.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
7 Jan. 2026
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But even an invitation to hang out again, perhaps paired with a gift card to a local lunch spot, could do the trick.—
Mandy Len Catron,
The Atlantic,
7 Jan. 2026
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By examining liver cells as the disease progressed, researchers saw that healthy liver functions slowly shut down and survival traits took over.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Louisville transfer features the size (6-6, 325), length and explosive traits NFL defensive coordinators covet and QBs usually lose sleep over.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Jan. 2026
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The guide recommended giving her some fun idiosyncrasies.—
Amogh Dimri,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2026
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In effect, Jarmusch is standing Tolstoy on his head and suggesting that unhappy families share common forms of misery, whereas the happy ones are happy precisely because of their differences—because of the idiosyncrasies that place them outside convention.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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The music video takes things a step further with Joel's dramatic facial expressions and mannerisms that were comparable to Mick's swagger.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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There’s a cultural thing in Jewish people; our mannerisms and the way our parents and grandparents word sentences.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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One shocking quirk will apply to far more new car buyers than many would imagine.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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This isn’t just a quirk of modern politics.—
Brandon Rottinghaus,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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All About Eve impacted so many, both inside and outside of the business, for its singularity in the moment it was released.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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This is why, for most of the 20th century — until the 1980s — people assumed that the hot Big Bang implied a singularity at the beginning.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
24 Oct. 2025
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Caillaux, by the way, is spelled C-A-I-L-L-A-U-X for those unfamiliar with the peculiarities of French pronunciation.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
31 Dec. 2025
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One senses that there may have been more to the woman’s silence than awestruck agreement, but Bergler cheerfully adds her to his portfolio of case studies, in which patients’ sartorial peculiarities are unfailingly traced to episodes from their pasts.—
Leslie Jamison,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Eccentricity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eccentricity. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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