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Idiosyncrasy
Idiosyncrasy meaning
A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person or a group. | A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor; a risk factor. | A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
Synonyms of Idiosyncrasy
Example sentences (10)
And considering how the director has doffed his cap for its gameplay, that isn’t just an idiosyncrasy.
Though this 640-page book doesn’t match the raw excitement and idiosyncrasy of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, it captures the uncompromising clarity that speaks to this moment of Black Lives Matter.
This amusing but highly informative photographic journey reveals the idiosyncrasy and inventiveness that characterize the construction of the humble toilet around the globe.
Another idiosyncrasy of Rickenbackers is the use of two truss rods (rather than the usual one) to correct twists, as well as curvature, in the neck.
Conformity, status, and idiosyncrasy credit.
Even their idiosyncrasy credits are not bottomless, however; while held to a more lenient standard than the average member, leaders may still face group rejection if their disobedience becomes too extreme.
Individuals can import idiosyncrasy credits from another group; childhood movie stars, for example, who enroll in college, may experience more leeway in adopting school norms than other incoming freshmen.
In each of these texts we find Kafka's idiosyncrasy to a greater or lesser degree, but if Kafka had never written a line, we would not perceive this quality; in other words, it would not exist.
Romantic composers grew in idiosyncrasy, and went further in the syncretism of exploring different art-forms in a musical context, (such as literature ), history (historical figures and legends), or nature itself.
These idiosyncrasy credits provide a theoretical currency for understanding variations in group behavioral expectations.