English
Noun
Idiosyncrasy (plural idiosyncrasies)
- A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
- A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.
- (medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.
- A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
- He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling.
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Adjectives for Idiosyncrasy
personal; morbid; sickly; separate.
Verbs for Idiosyncrasy
ban—; dispense with—; foster—; humor—;
imitate—; indulge in—; inherit—; parade
—s; permit—; protest—; question—; restrain—; ridicule—; tolerate—; transmit—;
understand—; warrant—; wonder at—; — embarrasses; —perplexes; —puzzles.
Thesaurus
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
Etymology
First attested in 1604, in modern sense since 1665, from Old French idiosyncrasie < Ancient Greek ἰδιοσυγκρασία (idiosunkrasia, “one’s own temperament”) < ἴδιος (idios, “one’s own”) + σύν (sun, “together”) + κρᾶσις (krasis, “temperament”).
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Translations
way of behaving or thinking
language or behaviour particular to an individual or a group
individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance
a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify
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