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
Screenwriter Craig Mazin finds a way, however, by smartly retooling Swann’s story for a younger audience, stripping out the text’s more violent eccentricities, while preserving the universally winning curiosity of the premise.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
The album is full of strange, brilliant contradictions; Oklou slides masterfully between fun and eccentricity, pump and pathos.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
His process was marked by a certain eccentricity that differentiated his art from a lot of similar work.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
But eccentricity can be fun, and a broken clock is right twice a day, and so The Mummy does, every now and again, hit a distinctive note.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for eccentricity
Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
The album is full of strange, brilliant contradictions; Oklou slides masterfully between fun and eccentricity, pump and pathos.
—Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 24 Apr. 2026
His process was marked by a certain eccentricity that differentiated his art from a lot of similar work.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
But eccentricity can be fun, and a broken clock is right twice a day, and so The Mummy does, every now and again, hit a distinctive note.
—Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for eccentricity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eccentricity
Noun
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Almost all of the bike's riding characteristics can be adjusted to accommodate varying terrain and user preferences.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 May 2026
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The natural curl pattern, graft angle, follicle shape, scalp characteristics, and donor management strategy all play a major role in achieving a successful result.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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Even when some of the tricks become apparent, each new repetition somehow delivers more than the last, though the weightless, old-school video game aesthetic of the alien monster design sticks out even more amid the stylishness of the world captured in-camera.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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Vogue consulted with masterful artists such as Tasha Reiko Brown, Amy Komorowski, Emma Day, and Aika Danica Flores to get their tricks for achieving low-key, everyday makeup looks that are undetectable to even the most trained of eyes.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
22 May 2026
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This San Diego company is hacking those DNA directions in plants — genetically engineering crops to carry more favorable traits.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 May 2026
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Just as each star sign has its own unique characteristics, every architectural style embodies different traits, supports a certain lifestyle, and exudes a particular feeling.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 May 2026
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Even a Massie win, as one strategist told Salon, wouldn’t necessarily justify clean conclusions about the President given the idiosyncrasies of Massie’s district, which stretches from the Cincinnati suburbs to the West Virginia border.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Although jazz can be powerfully expressive of a composer or musician’s personal idiosyncrasies and attitude (think of Miles Davis or Sun Ra), blues is the domain of raw emotion.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
15 May 2026
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They are built from real people, whose voices and mannerisms are available to anyone paying attention.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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Ellie tries to embody each artist and that takes studying of the mannerisms because the mannerisms are what bring it to life, not the staging or anything else.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
9 May 2026
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This wasn’t a personality quirk.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Most internet security — think of the tiny padlock symbol in your internet browser — is currently based on encryption that relies on a quirk of math.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
17 May 2026
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As if a testament to the film’s genuine and long-lasting singularity, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival is using a photograph of Davis and Sarandon taken on the set of Thelma & Louise as the striking image for this year’s poster.—
Gregg Kilday,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Still, many scientists haven’t ruled out runaway RSI, sometimes called the singularity.—
Matthew Hutson,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 May 2026
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But reporting claimed that the peculiarity of his campaign stretched far beyond his online posts.—
Amethyst Martinez,
USA Today,
15 May 2026
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This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly newsletter that explores the joys and peculiarities of math.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
12 May 2026
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“Eccentricity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eccentricity. Accessed 26 May. 2026.
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