idiosyncrasies

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Roth likes the model’s idiosyncrasies: “If you don’t have an edgy personality, you feel like it’s sycophantic. It’s just going to please you too much,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Kate Mayne, who is a farmer and the chair of NFU Shropshire, worked closely with the project and said that "local idiosyncrasies... are really important to us as farmers".

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

And that might get personal: the astronauts laughed when asked what idiosyncrasies they feared their crewmates might discover.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

“And he included Oona’s idiosyncrasies in the final animation. He was very respectful of the performance.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Obviously, answers to these questions about differences in organizational success depend partly on the idiosyncrasies of individuals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond