idiosyncrasy
About 0.31 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person or a group.
- noun A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor; a risk factor.
- noun A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling and speech.
Similar words
foible mannerism specificity ethos tic idiosyncracy idiocrasy idiosyncraticity idiosyncracity characteristic
Often followed by
of and to in is or which that credit
Word family
idiosyncrasies idiosyncratic idiosyncratically
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