PECULIARITY Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

peculiarity

noun

pi-ˌkyül-ˈyer-ə-tē

Definition of peculiarity

as in trick

an odd or peculiar habit had the peculiarity of constantly fussing with his hair

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as in characteristic

something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind as its name indicates, the red-winged blackbird has the distinctive peculiarity of a red patch on its wings

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Recent Examples of peculiarity The English Understand Wool is skillful, funny, and exposes, through twists and turns, the quirks and peculiarities of the privileged, of celebrity, and the publishing world. — Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026 Our readers from all around the world may not be familiar with the peculiarities of British politics or your political platform. — Richard Hall, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 And on that field, however, there are some peculiarities in the Hungarian tax system. — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 The subject does not have a lot of hard-and-fast rules; wars share common characteristics but each conflict has its own peculiarities and exigent circumstances. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for peculiarity

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Noun

Kids can explore an inflatable corn maze, go trick-or-treating, face painting and more.

— John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 8 Oct. 2026
Beamer’s acumen in the game’s third phase comes from father, Hall of Famer Frank Beamer, whose Virginia Tech teams won games by blocking kicks and using trick plays.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of trick

Noun

The result suggests that the crystal framework has the structural characteristics needed for fast lithium-ion transport.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Knowing someone's baseline characteristics is not the same as knowing what that person thinks about this decision today.

— Leslie John, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of characteristic

Noun

The team’s brightest moment comes when Olivia realizes that Daisy has incorporated her unique personality traits, like praying repetitiously and loving the musical Annie.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Publishers sold albums of facsimile autographs, and the interest developed into the field of graphology, the practice of analyzing a person’s handwriting to purportedly discern personality traits.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of trait

Noun

Some robo-advisors offer more customization and features, such as tax-loss harvesting, which uses losses to offset other portfolio gains, or automatic rebalancing.

— Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Kelli Grant, CFP®, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Hennekam remembers that patient to be 8 or 9, with distinctive features.

— Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of feature

Noun

The developer said the system even encountered locations where collision information appeared to be incomplete and was able to exploit those map quirks.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Of course, there’ll be homologation and regulatory hurdles, distribution and service quirks, parts availability and pricing details that will need some ironing out before all of that.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of quirk

Noun

Twenty years later, the Chicks are marking the anniversary of Taking the Long Way with a modest tour and equally modest deluxe reissue, featuring a handful of demos and outtakes of mixed quality.

— Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026
The new wave of London clubs always had a very urban quality, but inevitably, as their members matured, so did their needs.

— Mark Cecil, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of quality

Noun

Growing older, Christian inherited his father’s mannerisms and infectious energy and often wears a glittering Bad Boy chain around his neck, firmly tying himself to his father’s shadow.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Others noticed how similar Ella’s voice and mannerisms are to Bening’s.

— Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2026

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