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HOME | Definition of idiosyncrasy (IDIOSYNCRASY, Idiosyncrasy)


    Idiosyncrasy \Id`i*o*syn"cra*sy\, n.; pl. Idiosyncrasies. [Gr.
    ?; 'i`dios proper, peculiar + ? a mixing together, fr. ? to
    mix together; ? with + ? to mix: cf. F. idiosyncrasie. See
    Idiom, and Crasis.]
    A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or
    temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and
    distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility;
    idiocrasy; eccentricity.
    [1913 Webster]

    The individual mind . . . takes its tone from the
    idiosyncrasies of the body. --I. Taylor.
    Idiosyncratic

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48


    idiosyncrasy
    n : a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to
    an individual [syn: foible, mannerism]

    WordNet (r) 2.0


    142 Moby Thesaurus words for "idiosyncrasy":
    aberration, abnormality, animus, anomaly, aptitude, aroma,
    attribute, badge, banner, bent, bias, brand, cachet, cast,
    character, characteristic, conceit, configuration, constitution,
    crackpotism, crank, crankiness, crankism, crotchet, crotchetiness,
    cut, deviancy, deviation, device, diathesis, differentia,
    differential, differentness, disposition, distinctive feature,
    divergence, dottiness, earmark, eccentricity, erraticism,
    erraticness, feature, figure, flavor, freakiness, freakishness,
    grain, gust, habit, hallmark, idiocrasy, image, impress,
    impression, inclination, index, indicant, indicator, individualism,
    insignia, irregularity, keynote, kidney, kink, leaning, lineaments,
    maggot, make, makeup, mannerism, mark, marking, measure,
    mental set, mettle, minauderie, mind, mind-set, mold, nature,
    nonconformity, note, oddity, odor, particularity, peculiar trait,
    peculiarity, picture, predilection, predisposition, preference,
    proclivity, propensity, property, quality, queerness, quip, quirk,
    quirkiness, representation, representative, savor, seal, set,
    shape, sigil, sign, signal, signature, singularity, slant, smack,
    specialty, stamp, strain, strangeness, streak, stripe, sure sign,
    symptom, taint, tang, taste, telltale sign, temper, temperament,
    tendency, token, trademark, trait, trick, trick of behavior, turn,
    turn of mind, twist, type, unconventionality, unnaturalness, warp,
    whim, whimsicality, whimsy

    Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0


foible, mannerism


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