Synonyms for eccentricity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ek-suhn-tris-i-tee, ek-sen-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛk sənˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌɛk sɛn-

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Définition of eccentricity

Origin : 1540s, of planetary orbits; 1650s, of persons (an instance of eccentricity); 1794, of persons (a quality of eccentricity); from eccentric (adj.) + -ity. Related: Eccentricities.

noun bizarreness, unusualness

Example sentences :

The female sex is not often guilty of this eccentricity, but instances have been known.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870 » by Various

His eccentricity was a combination of absent-mindedness and irritability.
Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss

Not unless you are very, very rich; then it might be considered an eccentricity.
Extract from : « Cap'n Warren's Wards » by Joseph C. Lincoln

She was a born mimic, and could hit off to a hair an eccentricity or an affectation.
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

Not that she was tired of it; on the contrary, she hoped everything from Ted's eccentricity.
Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair

The eccentricity of his verb indicated only the perfection of his tact.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

But here was Mary to whom no eccentricity ever had to be elucidated.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Stories of Hunyadi's extravagance and eccentricity now poured in on all sides.
Extract from : « That Boy Of Norcott's » by Charles James Lever

Professor Micheals' resting week was a ten-year-old custom, and his only eccentricity.
Extract from : « The Leech » by Phillips Barbee

Polly's passion for studying had always been regarded as an eccentricity.
Extract from : « The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World » by Margaret Vandercook

Antonyms for eccentricity

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