queerness

NOUN

eccentricity

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foible idiosyncrasy peculiarity quirk weirdness

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

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hereticism idiocrasy unorthodoxness waywardness whimsicalness

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conformity normalcy normality regularity sameness standard usualness

WEAK

commonality dullness regularness uniformity usual

NOUN

mannerism

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eccentricity idiosyncrasy quirk trait

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affectation air characteristic foible habit oddness pose pretension singularity trick

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honesty

NOUN

oddity

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abnormality anomaly characteristic curiosity idiosyncrasy incongruity irregularity peculiarity phenomenon quirk rarity

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bizarreness eccentricity extraordinariness freak freakishness kink oddness outlandishness singularity strangeness unconventionality unnaturalness

WEAK

conversation piece

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normality regularity usualness

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commonality normalcy

WEAK

convention habit norm standard

NOUN

peculiarity

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distinctiveness eccentricity foible idiosyncrasy particularity quirk trait

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abnormality affectation attribute bizarreness character feature freakishness gimmick kink mannerism mark property quality savor schtick singularity slant specialty twist unusualness

WEAK

odd trait

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simplicity

WEAK

normality usualness

NOUN

quirkiness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

idiosyncrasy peculiarity weirdness

STRONG

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

WEAK

hereticism idiocrasy unorthodoxness waywardness whimsicalness

Antonyms

STRONG

conformity normalcy normality regularity sameness standard usualness

NOUN

singularity

Synonyms

STRONG

aberration abnormality anomaly caprice capriciousness foible freakishness idiosyncrasy irregularity kink nonconformity oddity oddness outlandishness peculiarity quirk quirkiness strangeness unconventionality weirdness whimsicality

WEAK

hereticism idiocrasy unorthodoxness waywardness whimsicalness

Antonyms

STRONG

conformity normalcy normality regularity sameness standard usualness

Example Sentences

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I’ve spent my life feeling that the way I express my queerness doesn’t align with what so many people think it should be.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2026

"He was really pioneering as somebody who was unashamedly proud of his queerness before the legalisation of homosexuality in '67," says Dominic James Bilton, the co-leader of the Queer British Art Network.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

Given the group’s commitment to costumed stage personas, the mixed sexuality of their members, and their name, the Village People came to represent the confluence of masculinity and queerness.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

Those encounters turned into conversations about film, queerness, art and the strange loneliness of being transplants in a city obsessed with dreams.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025

The humpy-bumpy meadows on top were part of its queerness, too.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen

queerness

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