idiosyncrasy

A noun referring to a distinctive or peculiar characteristic, habit, or mannerism that is specific to an individual or group.

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1. Personal quirk C1 formal

   A unique or peculiar habit, behavior, or characteristic of a person.

   • His idiosyncrasy of always tapping his foot during meetings annoyed some colleagues.
   • She has an idiosyncrasy of arranging her books by color.
   • One of his many idiosyncrasies is eating dessert before the main course.

   ruЛичная причудаesIdiosincrasia personalfrManie personnelle / particularitédePersönliche EigenheitptPeculiaridade pessoalzh个人怪癖arخصوصية شخصية

   Synonyme: crotcheteccentricityfoiblemannerismodditypeculiarityquirksingularity

2. Distinctive feature C1 formal

   A distinctive or peculiar feature of something, such as a language, system, or object.

   • The English language has many idiosyncrasies in its spelling rules.
   • The software has an idiosyncrasy that causes it to crash when processing large files.
   • The building's architecture has several idiosyncrasies that make it unique.

   ruОсобенностьesRasgo distintivofrParticularité distinctivedeBesonderheitptPeculiaridadezh特征arخصوصية

   Synonyme: characteristiceccentricitymannerismoddityparticularitypeculiarityquirksingularitytrait

• idiosyncrasies plural form
• idiosyncrasies' possessive plural form
• idiosyncrasy's possessive singular form