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eccentricities

NOUN

bizarreness, unusualness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

foible idiosyncrasy peculiarity quirk weirdness

STRONG

aberration abnormality anomaly caprice capriciousness freakishness irregularity kink nonconformity oddity oddness outlandishness queerness singularity strangeness unconventionality whimsicality

WEAK

hereticism idiocrasy unorthodoxness waywardness whimsicalness

Antonyms

STRONG

conformity normalcy normality regularity sameness standard usualness

WEAK

commonality dullness regularness uniformity usual

Example Sentences

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Young, urban professionals—known for their college degrees, willingness to work late and such harmless eccentricities as paying large markups for “local” produce—do not ordinarily instill terror.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Having varying eccentricities and varying inclinations simultaneously is well understood from a modeling perspective, but having one and not the other is not as easily explained.

From Science Daily • Oct. 15, 2025

In it, the audience gets a closer look at the eccentricities that frame his imaginative inner world.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

But the eccentricities of this defendant belie the seriousness of the case.

From BBC • Sep. 8, 2025

Could she be jealous of all this tender attention lavished on the Incorrigibles, who, despite their adorable eccentricities and mysterious background, were really perfect strangers to Miss Mortimer?

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood