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Ideosynncrasy

Definition:

An idiosyncrasy refers to a distinctive behavioral or temperamental characteristic peculiar to an individual or group.

Senses:

1. Psychological: A unique trait, quirk, or habit specific to a person.
2. Medical: A bodily or physiological peculiarity or anomaly.
3. Linguistics: A language-specific feature deviating from standard grammatical or phonetic rules.

Part of Speech:

Noun

Examples:

• His fear of spiders was just one of his many idiosyncrasies. (psychological)
• The patient displayed several idiosyncrasies in response to the medication. (medical)
• In the local dialect, they have an idiosyncrasy of pronouncing "th" as "d." (linguistics)

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