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
Lyonne forged a career by finding and later creating projects that capitalized on her undeniably intrepid personality, wrapping the roles around her eccentricities rather than conforming to what was expected of a female performer in Hollywood.
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Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The staff members are caught in the crossfire, forced to navigate the guests' eccentricities and escalating conflicts.
—Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
In the mornings, Pauline would take beach walks, a picture of eccentricity in huge, bright satin duchess Balenciaga coats over matching capri pants and slippers.
—Ralph Rucci, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, pretty much everybody at the Ravens’ facility has a story to tell about Humphrey’s eccentricity.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for eccentricity
Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The staff members are caught in the crossfire, forced to navigate the guests' eccentricities and escalating conflicts.
—Martine Paris, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
In the mornings, Pauline would take beach walks, a picture of eccentricity in huge, bright satin duchess Balenciaga coats over matching capri pants and slippers.
—Ralph Rucci, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, pretty much everybody at the Ravens’ facility has a story to tell about Humphrey’s eccentricity.
—Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eccentricity
Noun
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Besides searching for the likes of methane and ammonia, the characteristics of the planet's atmosphere discernible to JWST could point to which formation model – core accretion or disk instability – is the correct one, or even whether a brand new formation model is needed.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 June 2025
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Key characteristics of individuals with big egos in the workplace include: Domineering behavior.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
Noun
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However, there is a trick for using both of these operations together.—
Paul Smith-Goodson,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Thalberg was a wunderkind, and one of the tricks of being a wunderkind is to leverage a youthful aura—selling the Kind to increase the Wunder.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
Noun
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The study found that, once again, this trait strongly predicted breadcrumbing, and was also associated with ghosting behaviors.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Compared with the other dragons in the original, which character designer Nico Marlet imagined with comically lopsided proportions — bulgy eyes, oversize heads, ungainly fangs — Toothless was an elegant mix of feline and canine traits, mapped onto a sleek black reptilian body.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 June 2025
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That would let researchers simulate only the essential parts of the brain, and not all biological idiosyncrasies.—
Dobromir Rahnev,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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The action itself, with its piquant and poignant behavioral idiosyncrasies, teems with loose, whiplash-like ends and opaque but gleaming facets.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The result is an exciting mosaic not just of views and opinions, but also of mannerisms and personalities.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
3 June 2025
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While the veteran running back’s voice barely elevated above a public library level and his mannerisms remained reserved, the sincerity of his enthusiasm still landed.—
Dan Wiederer,
Chicago Tribune,
3 June 2025
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Every application has its own quirks—some are easy to migrate, others require extra integrations and some legacy systems may not be compatible at all.—
Akram Atallah,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Across the border in Texas, and in other parts of the Southwest, flour tortillas bear a range of regional quirks.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
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Although some observers critique their varying quality, the lack of consensus emphasizes the singularity of each of these efforts.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 May 2025
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In the first, the pattern in singularity; in the latter, the singularity that suggests the pattern.—
Nicholas Dames,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Stuff like how to read spins and backgrounds at various stadiums, including the peculiarities of cavernous Kauffman Stadium.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
5 June 2025
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Twain’s narrative boasts some—discrepancies is too magisterial a word … peculiarities, say.—
Caity Weaver,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2025
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“Eccentricity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eccentricity. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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