Antonyms for eccentricity
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : ek-suhn-tris-i-tee, ek-sen- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛk sənˈtrɪs ɪ ti, ˌɛk sɛn- |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for eccentricity
- aberration
- abnormality
- anomaly
- caprice
- capriciousness
- foible
- freakishness
- hereticism
- idiocrasy
- idiosyncrasy
- irregularity
- kink
- nonconformity
- oddity
- oddness
- outlandishness
- peculiarity
- queerness
- quirk
- singularity
- strangeness
- unconventionality
- unorthodoxness
- waywardness
- weirdness
- whimsicality
- whimsicalness
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