eccentricity
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Fabled Southern heritage has devolved into crackpot eccentricity, but that only deepens Louise’s adoration for the holdouts who honor it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
One can see the attraction for writers: the insular setting, the acceptance of eccentricity, the entrenchment of the otherwise unemployable, and the ease by which one can lampoon social trends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
His growing eccentricity, which included untied shoelaces and hair that spiked out in all directions, completed the stock image of a distracted scientist.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025
If you are so devoted to anything there is probably some element of eccentricity about you and, in Dickie's case, it was cricket.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025
It would even have seemed slightly unorthodox, a dangerous eccentricity, like talking to oneself.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing eccentricity
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
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The Things They Carried
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