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peculiarity
n. oddness, strangeness


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peculiarity
Noun
1. an odd or unusual characteristic
(synonym) distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic
(hypernym) feature, characteristic
(hyponym) calling card
2. a distinguishing trait
(synonym) specialness, specialty, speciality, distinctiveness
(hypernym) individuality, individualism, individuation
(hyponym) idiosyncrasy, foible, mannerism
3. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
(synonym) curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, rarity
(hypernym) object, physical object
(hyponym) bric-a-brac, knickknack, nicknack, knickknackery, whatnot



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Peculiarity
(n.)
The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.
  
 
(n.)
That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.
  
 
(n.)
Exclusive possession or right.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About

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peculiarity
n.
1. speciality
خصوصيت, اختصاص, خاصہ, انو کھا پن, ندرت
2. particularity
خاصيت, نج گن, سبھاؤ

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peculiarity
Synonyms and related words:
aberration, abnormality, absurdity, affectation, affection, anomaly, anticness, aroma, attribute, automatism, bad habit, badge, banner, bizarreness, bizarrerie, brand, cachet, caprice, cast, character, characteristic, command of language, conceit, configuration, crackpotism, crank, crankiness, crankism, creature of habit, crotchet, crotchetiness, curiousness, custom, cut, deformity, deviancy, deviation, device, differentia, differential, differentness, distinctive feature, divergence, dottiness, earmark, eccentricity, erraticism, erraticness, exaggeration, expression of ideas, fantasticality, fashion, feature, feeling for words, figure, flavor, force of habit, form of speech, freakiness, freakishness, grace of expression, grandiloquence, grotesqueness, grotesquerie, gust, habit, habit pattern, habitude, hallmark, idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, image, impress, impression, index, indicant, indicator, individualism, inflation, insignia, irregularity, keynote, kink, lineaments, literary style, maggot, malformation, manner, manner of speaking, mannerism, mark, marking, measure, minauderie, mode, mode of expression, mold, monstrosity, monstrousness, nature, nonconformity, note, oddity, odor, outlandishness, particularity, pattern, peculiar trait, personal style, picture, practice, praxis, property, quaintness, quality, queerness, quip, quirk, quirkiness, representation, representative, rhetoric, savor, seal, second nature, sense of language, shape, sigil, sign, signal, signature, singularity, smack, speciality, specialty, stamp, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, strain, strangeness, style, stylistic analysis, stylistics, sure sign, symptom, taint, tang, taste, telltale sign, teratism, the grand style, the plain style, the sublime, token, trademark, trait, trick, trick of behavior, twist, unconventionality, unnaturalness, usage, use, vein, way, weirdness, whim, whimsicality, whimsy, wont
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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