as in trick
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 idiosyncrasy
As the title implies, the show trumpets the artist’s idiosyncrasy, which feels ever more at odds with the cultural moment.
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Plowden’s own professional idiosyncrasies included never using a flash — instead favoring available light — and in particular shooting with his Hasselblad camera during the waning light of day.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
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
That candor is refreshing, and the film’s conclusions about accepting the idiosyncrasies of one’s individual eros are quite moving.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026
Plowden’s own professional idiosyncrasies included never using a flash — instead favoring available light — and in particular shooting with his Hasselblad camera during the waning light of day.
—Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
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
That candor is refreshing, and the film’s conclusions about accepting the idiosyncrasies of one’s individual eros are quite moving.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for idiosyncrasy
Noun
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Artists and couturiers are fond of the whimsy of trompe l’oeil, the trick of the eye, the illusion of reality.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Cohesion is the trick, and color does most of the work.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
Noun
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By nature of Darwinism, insects resistant to certain controls often breed and multiply in a garden, passing on that resistance as a genetic trait.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
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Charles Darwin also proposed that intersexual selection involved females evaluating and choosing males with whom to mate based on specific traits, such as a colorful peacock plumage.—
Rachel Brodsky,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
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Those characteristics could make the biochar useful beyond fuel applications.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
19 June 2026
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Though every case is unique, based on those that the NCMEC has tracked, there are some common characteristics among individuals who carry out fetal abductions, Steinbach says.—
Elizabeth Yuko,
Rolling Stone,
18 June 2026
Noun
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What’s to come The goal is to preserve all the building’s quirks, even if they can’t be explained.—
Mark Price
Updated June 22,
Charlotte Observer,
22 June 2026
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In a quirk of legislative drafting, SIJ had been classified as a type of employment visa and capped at around ten thousand per year.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
20 June 2026
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Instead, Nowell roots the band’s sound in the mid-’90s and keeps his vocal mannerisms as close to Bradley’s as possible.—
Sadie Sartini Garner,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
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His behavior, his voice, his accent, his physical mannerisms, everything was so particular to him, but also to New York at a certain time, and in a certain kind of crowd.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
14 June 2026
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For thousands of years, scholars have investigated the peculiarities of irrational numbers.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
19 June 2026
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Rose of Nevada’s power lies in its peculiarities.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
Noun
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The stylistic eccentricities have been dialed back, including the use of old Hollywood film clips to reflect the action and possibly the thoughts of its main character, a cinephile from space, who is both practicing and enacting the work of a private detective.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
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Designers embraced audacious concepts, leading to iconic cars like the Corvette and Thunderbird, alongside numerous eccentricities.—
Peter Lyon,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Chiron moving into Taurus wants to reshape your habits.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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These small habits keep the closet lean with almost no effort.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
19 June 2026
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“Idiosyncrasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiosyncrasy. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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