Idiosyncrasy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌɪdɪəʊˈsɪŋkɹəsi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Idiosyncrasy is a noun meaning A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person or a group.
Meaning
A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person or a group.
More Meanings
- (medicine, originally) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor; a risk factor.
- A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
Example Sentences
Every village has its idiosyncrasy, its constitution, often its own code of morality.
[…]I have no antipathy, or rather Idio-ſyncraſie, in dyet, humour, ayre, any thing; […].
She's flying in from Stockholm on Thursday. She apparently has certain sexual idiosyncrasies.
If he expresses himself such as he is, an idiosyncrasy affected but not annihilated by education, he may say that his books are his own.
Word Forms
- idiosyncrasies
Synonyms for idiosyncrasy
Depending on context, synonyms include eccentricity, foible, habit, idiocrasy, mannerism, oddity.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foible, mannerism, specificity, ethos, tic, idiosyncracy.
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