peculiarity

peculiarity
Synonyms and related words:
aberration, abnormality, absurdity, affectation, affection, anomaly, anticness, aroma, attribute, automatism, bad habit, badge, banner, bizarreness, bizarrerie, brand, cachet, caprice, cast, character, characteristic, command of language, conceit, configuration, crackpotism, crank, crankiness, crankism, creature of habit, crotchet, crotchetiness, curiousness, custom, cut, deformity, deviancy, deviation, device, differentia, differential, differentness, distinctive feature, divergence, dottiness, earmark, eccentricity, erraticism, erraticness, exaggeration, expression of ideas, fantasticality, fashion, feature, feeling for words, figure, flavor, force of habit, form of speech, freakiness, freakishness, grace of expression, grandiloquence, grotesqueness, grotesquerie, gust, habit, habit pattern, habitude, hallmark, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, image, impress, impression, index, indicant, indicator, individualism, inflation, insignia, irregularity, keynote, kink, lineaments, literary style, maggot, malformation, manner, manner of speaking, mannerism, mark, marking, measure, minauderie, mode, mode of expression, mold, monstrosity, monstrousness, nature, nonconformity, note, oddity, odor, outlandishness, particularity, pattern, peculiar trait, personal style, picture, practice, praxis, property, quaintness, quality, queerness, quip, quirk, quirkiness, representation, representative, rhetoric, savor, seal, second nature, sense of language, shape, sigil, sign, signal, signature, singularity, smack, speciality, specialty, stamp, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, strain, strangeness, style, stylistic analysis, stylistics, sure sign, symptom, taint, tang, taste, telltale sign, teratism, the grand style, the plain style, the sublime, token, trademark, trait, trick, trick of behavior, twist, unconventionality, unnaturalness, usage, use, vein, way, weirdness, whim, whimsicality, whimsy, wont

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  • Peculiarity — Pe*cul iar i*ty, n.; pl. {Peculiarities}. 1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. [1913 Webster] The …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • peculiarity — index character (personal quality), characteristic, differential, distinction (difference), feature (characteristic), habit …   Law dictionary

  • peculiarity — special characteristic, 1640s, from PECULIAR (Cf. peculiar) + ITY (Cf. ity). Noun meaning an oddity is attested by 1777. Related: Peculiarities …   Etymology dictionary

  • peculiarity — [n] characteristic; oddity abnormality, affectation, attribute, bizarreness, character, distinctiveness, eccentricity, feature, foible, freakishness, gimmick, idiosyncrasy, kink*, mannerism, mark, odd trait, particularity, property, quality,… …   New thesaurus

  • peculiarity — ► NOUN (pl. pecularities) 1) an unusual or distinctive feature or habit. 2) the state of being peculiar …   English terms dictionary

  • peculiarity — [pi kyo͞o΄lē er′ə tē] n. 1. the quality or condition of being peculiar 2. pl. peculiarities something that is peculiar, as a trait or habit …   English World dictionary

  • peculiarity — pe|cu|li|ar|i|ty [pıˌkju:liˈærıti] n plural peculiarities 1.) something that is a feature of only one particular place, person, situation etc peculiarity of ▪ The lack of a written constitution is a peculiarity of the British political system.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • peculiarity — [[t]pɪkju͟ːliæ̱rɪti[/t]] peculiarities 1) N COUNT: with supp, oft N of n A peculiarity that someone or something has is a strange or unusual characteristic or habit. Joe s other peculiarity was that he was constantly munching hard candy. 2) N… …   English dictionary

  • peculiarity — noun 1) a legal peculiarity Syn: oddity, anomaly, abnormality 2) a physical peculiarity Syn: idiosyncrasy, mannerism, quirk, foible 3) one of the peculiarities of the city Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • peculiarity — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ individual ▪ local VERB + PECULIARITY ▪ have ▪ The area has a few local peculiarities. PREPOSITION …   Collocations dictionary

  • peculiarity — UK [pɪˌkjuːlɪˈærətɪ] / US [pɪˌkjulɪˈerətɪ] noun Word forms peculiarity : singular peculiarity plural peculiarities 1) [countable] a quality or feature that belongs to a particular person, thing, or situation You have to live in the city and… …   English dictionary

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