as in tricks
an odd or peculiar habit
his only idiosyncrasy is his inveterate wearing of sneakers, even with business suits
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Recent Examples of idiosyncrasies
One of the most polarizing of the dressing idiosyncrasies is texture.
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Josh Miller, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
People joke about their quirks and idiosyncrasies.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
His own composer as usual, Amenabar here tends to underline the film’s shortcomings, rather than elevate its idiosyncrasies with an original score that’s too conventional by half.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Sprites is the very best idiosyncrasies of Britain that comedy and horror audiences around the world have loved so much since Monty Python.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
The wonderfully ridiculous brainchild of co-stars/directors Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, the mockumentary follows a group of vampires living in an apartment in New Zealand and struggling with the idiosyncrasies of modern times.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Candidates familiar with Preller’s idiosyncrasies might have an early advantage.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
In the same way most developers today don’t pay much attention to the instruction sets and other hardware idiosyncrasies of the CPUs that their code runs on, which language a program is vibe coded in ultimately becomes a minor detail.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
Writing through the perspective of young people offers an opportunity to look at the idiosyncrasies and hypocrisies of religious inheritance with a light touch.
—Anna Bruno
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Josh Miller, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
People joke about their quirks and idiosyncrasies.
—Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
His own composer as usual, Amenabar here tends to underline the film’s shortcomings, rather than elevate its idiosyncrasies with an original score that’s too conventional by half.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Sprites is the very best idiosyncrasies of Britain that comedy and horror audiences around the world have loved so much since Monty Python.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
The wonderfully ridiculous brainchild of co-stars/directors Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, the mockumentary follows a group of vampires living in an apartment in New Zealand and struggling with the idiosyncrasies of modern times.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
Candidates familiar with Preller’s idiosyncrasies might have an early advantage.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2025
In the same way most developers today don’t pay much attention to the instruction sets and other hardware idiosyncrasies of the CPUs that their code runs on, which language a program is vibe coded in ultimately becomes a minor detail.
—Stephen Cass, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2025
Writing through the perspective of young people offers an opportunity to look at the idiosyncrasies and hypocrisies of religious inheritance with a light touch.
—Anna Bruno
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiosyncrasies
Noun
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Cherki is visibly excited by his spectators, eager to show off his tricks, until a coach comes into frame on the YouTube video and tells them their fun is over.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Cheo was a jokester and would play tricks on her, like pretending to be asleep, to lighten the mood.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The medical ordeals are traumatic and disgusting, but fascinating and full of the quirks of modern life.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Though some of its '90s quirks may now feel a little passé, the WB fantasy show still stands as a feminist touchstone, breaking away from the 1992 film's damsel-in-distress trope to deliver a complex, empowered hero.—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
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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In fact, failure is one of the key characteristics of Silicon Valley.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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What traits, decisions, or misfortunes exceed a person’s jurisdiction?—
Rachel Vorona Cote,
The Atlantic,
5 Jan. 2026
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The new 2026 version refines those traits but adds a number of performance-enhancing design features.—
Basem Wasef,
Robb Report,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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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
Noun
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It was leased for him by his mother, one of the many eccentricities friends and former business associates described about the otherwise phantom-like man who was always on the cusp of a blockbuster that never quite materialized.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Additionally, unlike the innermost 21 moons and moonlets of Saturn, the next three, Titan, Hyperion, and Iapetus, all have larger eccentricities to their orbits, and no one is certain as to why.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Kight said some simple habits can help prevent kitchen fires from starting in the first place.—
Tina Patel,
CBS News,
10 Jan. 2026
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Many of my clients still need to plan meals, track intake, work with a dietitian, build habits, and stay active to reach their goals.—
SELF Staff,
SELF,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Idiosyncrasies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiosyncrasies. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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