Antonyms for idiosyncrasies
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : id-ee-uh-sing-kruh-see, -sin- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪd i əˈsɪŋ krə si, -ˈsɪn- |
Definition of idiosyncrasies
Origin :- c.1600, from French idiosyncrasie, from Greek idiosynkrasia "a peculiar temperament," from idios "one's own" (see idiom) + synkrasis "temperament, mixture of personal characteristics," from syn "together" (see syn-) + krasis "mixture" (see rare (adj.2)). Originally in English a medical term meaning "physical constitution of an individual." Mental sense first attested 1660s.
- noun oddity, quirk
- His knowledge of Giorgio's idiosyncrasies had not played him false.
- Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
- The correlations between his idiosyncrasies and his precepts are undeniable.
- Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga
- But alas, it was only their idiosyncrasies which used to make any impression upon us.
- Extract from : « A Labrador Doctor » by Wilfred Thomason Grenfell
- Their great scholars see their idiosyncrasies, and I can not begin to describe them.
- Extract from : « As A Chinaman Saw Us » by Anonymous
- And being human, the law has its idiosyncrasies, just as a man has his.
- Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley
- There are idiosyncrasies in Yankeedom, there is no doubt of it.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 » by Various
- You see she was a perfect mine of singularities and idiosyncrasies.
- Extract from : « A Mortal Antipathy » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- Besides, she liked Aunt Rachel and pitied her idiosyncrasies.
- Extract from : « American Cookery » by Various
- The idiosyncrasies of the publishing trade were beyond her comprehension.
- Extract from : « Old Valentines » by Munson Aldrich Havens
- All its idiosyncrasies are reflected in the person of His Royal Highness.
- Extract from : « Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography » by George William Erskine Russell
Synonyms for idiosyncrasies
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