peculiarity
Distinguishing strange feature
A peculiarity is a distinctive quality or characteristic that sets someone or something apart: One peculiarity of the house was its hexagonal windows.
The word often suggests oddness or eccentricity: His peculiarities made him difficult to work with.
It can also mean the state of being peculiar: the peculiarity of the situation.
Unconventional behavior or nature
- strangenessQuality of being peculiar
- weirdnessQuality of being strange
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- quirkinessUnusual or unexpected trait
bizarreness · curiosity · aberration · anomaly · outlandishness · freakishness · grotesqueness · surrealism
Distinctive personal peculiarity
- foibleMinor personal flaw
- mannerismDistinctive personal habit
- habitSettled regular tendency
- ticInvoluntary repetitive movement
twitch · crotchet · kink · whim · eccentricity · bent · fetish · mania
Quality of being singular
- individualityUnique personal character
- singularityPoint where values explode
- originalityNovel creative quality
- specialnessQuality of being exceptional
exclusivity · differentiation · trademark · one-of-a-kind · incomparability · unmistakability · noteworthiness · remarkableness
Distinguishing quality or trait
- attributeQuality assigned to something
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
- qualityStandard or attribute
- propertySomething owned or inherent
hallmark · marker · signature · specificity · particularity · nuance · aspect · facet
Deviation from the norm
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- exceptionDeviation from standard
- outlierDistant data point
discrepancy · divergence · variance · nonconformity · atypicality · unorthodoxy · freak occurrence · departure
Insufficiency of something needed
- uncommonnessState of being unusual
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- unusualnessState of being atypical
- exoticismAllure of the unfamiliar
sparse · sporadic · seldom seen · exceptional · extraordinary · remarkable · unprecedented · few and far between
eccentricity
Unconventional behavior or nature
- strangenessQuality of being peculiar
- weirdnessQuality of being strange
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
quirkiness · bizarreness · curiosity · aberration · anomaly · outlandishness · freakishness · grotesqueness · surrealism · unconventionality
idiosyncrasy
Distinctive personal peculiarity
tic · twitch · crotchet · kink · whim · eccentricity · bent · fetish · mania · oddment
uniqueness
Quality of being singular
- individualityUnique personal character
- singularityPoint where values explode
- originalityNovel creative quality
specialness · exclusivity · differentiation · trademark · one-of-a-kind · incomparability · unmistakability · noteworthiness · remarkableness · uncommonness
characteristic
Distinguishing quality or trait
- attributeQuality assigned to something
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
- qualityStandard or attribute
property · hallmark · marker · signature · specificity · particularity · nuance · aspect · facet · detail
aberration
Deviation from the norm
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- exceptionDeviation from standard
outlier · discrepancy · divergence · variance · nonconformity · atypicality · unorthodoxy · freak occurrence · departure · inconsistency
scarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
- uncommonnessState of being unusual
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- unusualnessState of being atypical
exoticism · sparse · sporadic · seldom seen · exceptional · extraordinary · remarkable · unprecedented · few and far between
- Anomaliesanomaly, deviation, aberration, irregularity, oddity
- Odditiescuriosity, curio, unusual, odd, strange
- strangenessodd, weird, strange, bizarre, unusual
- weirdness synonymsweirdness, strangeness, oddity, bizarreness, unusualness
- rare phenomenaanomaly, rarity, oddity, phenomenon, aberration
- Exceptionsexception, exemption, exclusion, special case, anomaly
peculiaritycommonness
Frequency of occurrence
normality · ordinariness · usualness · typicality · averageness
peculiarityconformity
Adherence to norms
normality · convention · orthodoxy · regularity · standardness
peculiarityuniformity
State of being identical
homogeneity · sameness · universality · generality · standardization