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eccentricities

NOUN

bizarreness, unusualness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

foible idiosyncrasy peculiarity quirk weirdness

STRONG

aberration abnormality anomaly caprice capriciousness freakishness irregularity kink nonconformity oddity oddness outlandishness queerness singularity strangeness unconventionality whimsicality

WEAK

hereticism idiocrasy unorthodoxness waywardness whimsicalness

Antonyms

STRONG

conformity normalcy normality regularity sameness standard usualness

WEAK

commonality dullness regularness uniformity usual

Example Sentences

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That has something to do with the low-key nature of his work—broadly, he favors the rootsy arrangements of Americana and avoids sonic extremes—as well as the eccentricities of his style.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

"A planet caught in resonance finds its orbit deformed to higher and higher eccentricities, precessing faster and faster while staying in tune with the orbit of the binary, which is shrinking," Touma said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

Officers have sniped about his burly build, tendency to smile during interviews and other eccentricities.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2025

The finale is ghastly, grisly and even humorous when Madigan gets the chance to play up her character’s eccentricities to their most campy heights.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2025

She had helped at her birth and was the only one who really understood the child’s eccentricities.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende