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
Her offbeat style and charming eccentricity informed the concise lineup in which high and low were intentionally merged.
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WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
For comparison, Earth's orbit has an eccentricity of 0.0167 and is therefore close to circular; at the other extreme, an orbital eccentricity of 1 would be parabolic.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 June 2025
Class struggle is reflected in the way that the back-alley heavy, Atticus Hawk, dismisses the ivory-tower eccentricity of the occult specialist Scholar Vitali.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
That fateful connection would snowball into a lifelong friendship and artistic partnership that thrives on curiosity, trust and unabashed eccentricity.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
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WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
For comparison, Earth's orbit has an eccentricity of 0.0167 and is therefore close to circular; at the other extreme, an orbital eccentricity of 1 would be parabolic.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 June 2025
Class struggle is reflected in the way that the back-alley heavy, Atticus Hawk, dismisses the ivory-tower eccentricity of the occult specialist Scholar Vitali.
—The New York Times, New York Times, 30 May 2025
That fateful connection would snowball into a lifelong friendship and artistic partnership that thrives on curiosity, trust and unabashed eccentricity.
—Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eccentricity
Noun
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This means the fruit from the seedling will closely resemble that of the parent plant in flavor and other characteristics.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
28 June 2025
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That implies the characteristics of a protoplanetary disk are dependent on the age of its central star.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
26 June 2025
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This isn't the first time the former Sports Illustrated model has shared parenting tips and tricks.—
Clare Fisher,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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The magic trick is that Sunny gradually learned how to distinguish its POV from the characters’, showing empathy not only for the Gang’s victims, but also the Gang itself.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 June 2025
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The Dalmatian Club of America, for example, spent decades urging breeders to euthanize deaf puppies so the trait wouldn’t spread.—
Lila Hempel-Edgers,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2025
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Additionally, the study also found a correlation between breathing traits and a person’s mental health.—
Jay Kakade
June 22,
New Atlas,
22 June 2025
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Part of the pleasure of the cover-to-cover print experience is seeing a specific editorial perspective in all its obsessions and idiosyncrasies, and the Women’s Issue is rife with Brown’s.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
15 June 2025
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For iPhone: Coming Next Week, A New Era For The iPhone These weren’t idiosyncrasies or outdated protocols.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Thames was a great choice for Hiccup, capturing the original character’s mannerisms and voice perfectly, though perhaps – as my daughter noted – with a little less squeakiness.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Finding the character’s mannerisms was another central study.—
Daron James,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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However, a lot of newer research, especially in behavioral economics, points to how our cognitive quirks and limitations may prevent us from doing what's in our best interests.—
Greg Rosalsky,
NPR,
26 June 2025
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The people who truly understand your AI systems—their quirks, limitations, and decision-making processes—become institutionally irreplaceable in unprecedented ways.—
Andrew Mawson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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That doesn't mean those theories are any closer to answering the singularity puzzle, however.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
11 June 2025
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But do these phenomena truly represent space-time singularities?—
Charlie Wood,
Quanta Magazine,
27 May 2025
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The film still manages to dig into the peculiarities of Formula One within its big, meaty character study.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
28 June 2025
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There are echoes of the early days of thermodynamics, which began with humble questions about how machines work and ended up speaking to the arrow of time, the peculiarities of living matter, and the fate of the universe.—
Philip Ball,
Wired News,
8 June 2025
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“Eccentricity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eccentricity. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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