eccentricities
Peculiar personal traits
Eccentricities are unusual habits, behaviors, or qualities that deviate from what's considered normal or conventional.
The word carries affection or tolerance rather than harsh judgment—an eccentric person is odd but harmlessly so, perhaps even charmingly: His eccentricities included wearing mismatched socks and talking to plants.
The old professor was known for her eccentricities.
Individual behavioral peculiarities
- peculiaritiesDistinctive odd characteristics
- foiblesMinor personal weaknesses
- odditiesUnusual or strange things
- habitsRegular repeated behaviors
mannerisms · tics · whimsies · crotchets · kinks · caprices · twitches · fads
Quality of being strange
- bizarrenessQuality of extreme strangeness
- oddnessQuality of being unusual
- outlandishnessExtreme unconventionality
- freakishnessState of being abnormal
abnormality · anomaly · aberration · deviation · singularity · curiosity · grotesqueness · quirkiness
Departure from accepted belief
- unconventionalityDeparture from accepted standards
- bohemianismArtistic rejection of convention
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
rebelliousness · countercultural · avant-garde · offbeat · alternative · fringe · radical · heretical
Characteristic mental patterns
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
- originalityNovel creative quality
flair · style · uniqueness · authenticity · self-expression · idiosyncrasy · individuality · identity
idiosyncrasies
Individual behavioral peculiarities
- peculiaritiesDistinctive odd characteristics
- foiblesMinor personal weaknesses
- odditiesUnusual or strange things
habits · mannerisms · tics · whimsies · crotchets · kinks · caprices · twitches · fads · peccadilloes
weirdness
Quality of being strange
- bizarrenessQuality of extreme strangeness
- oddnessQuality of being unusual
- outlandishnessExtreme unconventionality
freakishness · abnormality · anomaly · aberration · deviation · singularity · curiosity · grotesqueness · quirkiness · unusualness
unorthodoxy
Departure from accepted belief
- unconventionalityDeparture from accepted standards
- bohemianismArtistic rejection of convention
- iconoclasmAttacking revered traditions
individualism · rebelliousness · countercultural · avant-garde · offbeat · alternative · fringe · radical · heretical · maverick
personality
Characteristic mental patterns
- temperamentInborn behavioral nature
- dispositionInherent character or arrangement
- distinctivenessQuality of being distinguishable
originality · flair · style · uniqueness · authenticity · self-expression · idiosyncrasy · individuality · identity · selfhood
- quirksidiosyncrasies, peculiarities, oddities, foibles, mannerisms
- comedy elementspunchline, wit, gag, satire, irony
- self-expressionstyle, self-expression, fashion, self-portrait, clothing
- extrasextra, add-ons, add-on, extras, addition
- individualityindividuality, uniqueness, distinctiveness, originality, selfhood
eccentricitiesconformities
Agreements with prevailing standards
conventionalities · conformity · orthodoxies · proprieties · regularities
eccentricitiesnormalities
States of being standard
ordinariness · commonplaceness · commonalities · banalities · mundanities
eccentricitiesconventionalities
Accepted social customs
proprieties · decorums · respectabilities · norms · standard practices