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curiosity
noun as in desire to learn or know about anything
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Strong matches
eagerness, interestedness, intrusiveness, investigation, meddlesomeness, meddling, nosiness, officiousness, prying, questioning, snoopiness
Weak matches
inquiring mind, inquiringness, mental acquisitiveness, searching, snooping, thirst for knowledge
noun as in a rare or novel thing
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Weak matches
bibelot, conversation piece, exoticism, marvel, oddity, one of a kind, peculiar object, rara avis, rare bird, singular object, unusual object, wonder
Example Sentences
It was an era when “curiosities” from the newly “discovered” Americas transfixed Europe.
The government has said it would have been inappropriate to intervene in the case, but others have accused the government of demonstrating a lack of curiosity or grip on such an important issue.
To American fans, it’s something of a curiosity.
But many companies haven’t had to do so, as top AI employees are motivated by the intense competition with rivals and their own curiosity about new model possibilities.
Fellman: Then, having curiosity and wanting the book to be deeper, I’d come back and say something like, “I really need to talk to you about ‘Iron Man’ again.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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