noun

idiosyncrasy

idiosyncrasy, peculiarity, quirk, eccentricity

One of his idiosyncrasies is wearing mismatched socks.

One of his idiosyncrasies is wearing mismatched socks.

((sb.'s)) idiosyncrasy a peculiar habit of (sb.) One of her idiosyncrasies is eating pizza with a fork.

Synonyms: peculiarity, quirk, eccentricity; Antonyms: normality, conformity

From Greek 'idios' (one's own) + 'syn' (together) + 'krasis' (mixture), meaning 'a personal mixture or temperament.'

Think of it as an 'idio-sync' – a strange way someone's personality is synced up, unique to them.

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