eccentricity

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One can see the attraction for writers: the insular setting, the acceptance of eccentricity, the entrenchment of the otherwise unemployable, and the ease by which one can lampoon social trends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

I can’t decide if it’s eccentricity, a clever psych-out-the-competition move, or just Mikaela Shiffrin being Mikaela Shiffrin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

His growing eccentricity, which included untied shoelaces and hair that spiked out in all directions, completed the stock image of a distracted scientist.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

Even then, these debunking claims, already quite common, seemed a bit far-fetched, but I shrugged and wrote it off: Everyone is entitled to one eccentricity.

From Salon • Oct. 20, 2024

“Many people have a hobby…. The difference between the normal range and the eccentricity observed in Asperger’s Syndrome is that these pursuits are often solitary, idiosyncratic and dominate the person’s time and conversation.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis