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curiosity
noun as in desire to learn or know about anything
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eagerness, interestedness, intrusiveness, investigation, meddlesomeness, meddling, nosiness, officiousness, prying, questioning, snoopiness
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inquiring mind, inquiringness, mental acquisitiveness, searching, snooping, thirst for knowledge
noun as in a rare or novel thing
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bibelot, conversation piece, exoticism, marvel, oddity, one of a kind, peculiar object, rara avis, rare bird, singular object, unusual object, wonder
Example Sentences
Since their debut in 2017, the band have approached music with a combination of curiosity and hunger, constantly pushing their sound in new directions.
In the trailer, the titular Bride is the unknowing product of Frank and the doctor’s dark scheme, alternating between loyal naivete to her companion and a lingering curiosity about where she comes from.
Hawke doesn’t overload their delicate dances or any of his other scene partnerships with an insistence on pulling the spotlight, true to his character’s unspoken self-regard as a guide who happens to investigate his curiosities.
In a state of exhaustion, my curiosity piqued.
The honor is not an end point — it’s an invitation to keep pushing, questioning, expanding one’s curiosity and access, and broadening the understanding of who belongs in artistic and cultural spaces.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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