rarity

1 something strange or unusual that is an object of interest an American visitor in that remote Chinese village is a rarity Synonyms curio, exotic, objet d'art (also objet), oddity, oddment, curiosityRelated Words found object, objet trouvé; curiosa, ephemera, virtu (or vertu); marvel, prodigy, rara avis, rare bird, wonder; abnormality, anomaly, freak, monster, monstrosity; malformation, mutant, mutation

2 something that is different from what is ordinary or expected a meal accompanied by wine is a rarity in this house Synonyms aberration, abnormality, exception, oddity, oddment, anomalyRelated Words curiosity, peculiarity, singularity; accident, bizarrerie, phenomenon, quirk, vagary; distortion, kink, mutation, variation; difference, disparity, inconsistence, inconsistency; error, mistake; contradiction, paradoxNear Antonyms norm, ordinary, usual