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
The album is full of strange, brilliant contradictions; Oklou slides masterfully between fun and eccentricity, pump and pathos.
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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
The moody restaurant and intimate Islay Bar carry the same eccentricity.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
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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
The moody restaurant and intimate Islay Bar carry the same eccentricity.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eccentricity
Noun
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That realization has led some investors to examine assets with different characteristics.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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While acknowledging that antisemites may have good characteristics—a loving husband, a generous and conscientious citizen—Sartre claimed that their hatred ultimately defines them.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
8 May 2026
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Many of his later programs have been capped by a coda in which the tricks of the trade are laid bare—no trick being more vital than that of extreme patience, with camera operators waiting days, or even weeks, for the right cub, or pup, or fledgling, or froglet, to show up.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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There is not a whole lot to chuckle about these days, and her column does the trick for me every week.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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What coaches do is acquire and elevate the players who have the cultural traits the team needs.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Music, both as one character’s defining trait and as a story-telling device — snippets of pop tunes across decades swiftly drive time shifts in the play’s first two acts — is a major aspect.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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This can actually be taken too far—4 or 5 big dashes and the character of the genever all but vanishes, while only one dash and the genever character could be too strong for those unacclimated to its malty idiosyncrasies.—
Jason O'Bryan,
Robb Report,
9 May 2026
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No matter what’s rattling around in Peter’s brain, his bandmates are ready to play around with its cinematic potential by whipping up a DIY batter of post-punk and no-wave idiosyncrasies.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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Decadent art, with its mannerism, also its enthusiasm for skulls, swords, strippers, and other Hot Topic motifs, is for some art historians an embarrassing cul-de-sac best passed over in favor of a narrative of formal progress leading inevitably to abstraction.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Meta staffers could potentially converse with and get feedback from the virtual double trained on his mannerisms, tone, public statements, and sentiments about the company’s strategy.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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In other words, this little MLB quirk — that the lefty splitter is a relative rarity — is in part due to all of the aforementioned theories working together rather than any single reason.—
Eno Sarris,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Arguments in that case, which are also slated for Tuesday, will focus on a campaign seeking to strike the map down at the ballot box through a quirk in Missouri law called the referendum that allows citizens to challenge most laws passed by state lawmakers.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
10 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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Some works don’t need to be reimagined to remain relevant, and their singularity should be reason enough alone for the people most inspired by them to leave them untouched.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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The peculiarities of these heartbreak goggles fueled a zany Saturday Night Live sketch, a standout from last night’s solid episode that saw Olivia Rodrigo doing double duty as host and musical guest.—
Paula Mejía,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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Mathematics can explain why This article is from Proof Positive, our friendly newsletter that explores the joys and peculiarities of math.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Eccentricity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eccentricity. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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