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US
/ˌɪdioʊˈsɪnkɹəˌsi/
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[ UK /ˈɪdɪˌɒsɪŋkɹəsi/ ]
[ UK /ˈɪdɪˌɒsɪŋkɹəsi/ ]
NOUN
- a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
How To Use idiosyncrasy In A Sentence
- The difference in the power of the system to absorb different substances, appropriate whatever can be utilized, and throw off whatever can not be used, is sometimes called idiosyncrasy, but more properly it may be called vital resistance, and upon the integrity of this power rests the ability to combat disease in all its forms, whether it be the absorption of any animal virus or the poison resulting from undigested food. Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say
- This's a fair sketch of idiosyncrasy run amuck, but it's also a compelling portrait of mental and spiritual extremity.
- Romantic fanciful thoughts and connotative and elegant idiosyncrasy unfold rich an tender feeling.
- While they employ neither the soaring grandeur of Sigur Rós nor the elfin idiosyncrasy of Björk, the music of the Múm quartet is unequivocally Icelandic.
- The idiosyncrasy of the Miss World contest is that despite being a truly international competition, it has retained much of its Englishness.
- A particular idiosyncrasy of his, which never failed to delight me, was to vigorously rub his bald pate with a white towel between khayals.
- They suggested that allergy and food idiosyncrasy may coexist.
- The title is ‘The diagnosis of aspirin idiosyncrasy by analgesic challenge’.
- This means that strong racers stuck with a boatload of rafting novices might be held up in their overall time, but organizers seemed to believe this minor idiosyncrasy added to the fun of the event.
- A distinctive behavioral trait; an idiosyncrasy.