SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
peculiarity
noun
A distinctive or unusual characteristic, habit, or feature.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Distinctive or unusual feature
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Usage distinction
Return to topA peculiarity may be merely distinctive rather than undesirable; eccentricity more clearly departs from convention.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See peculiarity in use
One peculiarity of the old house was a staircase that ended at a wall.
A peculiarity of the finished work was a row of small hinged shapes that turned whenever someone rotated a side handle.
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