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  1. idiosyncrasiesnoun

    Plural form of idiosyncrasy.

Wikipedia

  1. idiosyncrasies

    An idiosyncrasy is an unusual feature of a person (though there are also other uses, see below). It can also mean an odd habit. The term is often used to express eccentricity or peculiarity. A synonym may be "quirk".

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  1. Idiosyncrasies

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of idiosyncrasies in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of idiosyncrasies in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of idiosyncrasies in a Sentence

  1. W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence:

    Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual character and the opinion of the newspapers.

  2. Virginia Woolf:

    When a subject is highly controversial... one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker.

  3. Antonio Mohamed:

    I know Mexico's idiosyncrasies very well, it was a place where I always felt wanted. I need to be loved if I am to win. I don't need to win to be loved. And that has generated a lovely commitment.

  4. John Fredericks:

    What he needs to do is hold the very motivated Donald Trump base in Virginia together and inspire that enthusiasm while also attempting to distance himself from some of the Donald Trump personality idiosyncrasies that turned off some of the Virginia big-market suburbanite women, that's a tall order.

  5. Johnny Chaillot-Louganis:

    I'm grateful that I found a man and fell in love. It just happened to be Greg Louganis, we were the same age and his mother was from the South, so he got my Southern idiosyncrasies.

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