unusualness
State of rarity
Unusualness is the quality of being out of the ordinary or different from what is typical.
It can carry positive connotations when describing originality or distinctiveness, or neutral ones when simply noting deviation from a norm.
The unusualness of the architecture drew tourists from around the world.
The word appears most often in contexts where someone is remarking on how something stands apart from expectations.
Quality of being strange
- bizarrenessQuality of extreme strangeness
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
- outlandishnessExtreme unconventionality
eeriness · uncanniness · surrealism · grotesqueness · freakishness · otherworldliness · alien · mysteriousness
Deviation from the norm
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- outlierDistant data point
- irregularityDeparture from standard
- abnormalityDeviation from expected state
inconsistency · discrepancy · exception · variance · divergence · malformation · distortion · glitch
Insufficiency of something needed
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- uncommonnessState of being unusual
- seldomnessState of being infrequent
- sparsenessLack of density
uniqueness · singularity · preciousness · exclusivity · limited · scarce · exceptional · one-of-a-kind
Creating something original
- originalityNovel creative quality
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- newnessState of being recent
- creativityCapacity for original thought
invention · breakthrough · ingenuity · experimentation · pioneering · cutting-edge · groundbreaking · unprecedented
Idiosyncratically unusual
- idiosyncraticDistinctively individual in nature
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
- zanyAmusingly absurd
kooky · oddball · unconventional · bohemian · nonconformist · outlandish · peculiar · capricious
weirdness
Quality of being strange
- bizarrenessQuality of extreme strangeness
- odditySomething unusual or unexpected
- peculiarityUnusual distinguishing characteristic
outlandishness · eeriness · uncanniness · surrealism · grotesqueness · freakishness · otherworldliness · alien · mysteriousness · inexplicability
aberration
Deviation from the norm
- deviationDeparture from expected path
- outlierDistant data point
- irregularityDeparture from standard
abnormality · inconsistency · discrepancy · exception · variance · divergence · malformation · distortion · glitch · defect
scarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
- infrequencyState of occurring seldom
- uncommonnessState of being unusual
- seldomnessState of being infrequent
sparseness · uniqueness · singularity · preciousness · exclusivity · limited · scarce · exceptional · one-of-a-kind · nonpareil
innovation
Creating something original
- originalityNovel creative quality
- freshnessState of being unspoiled
- newnessState of being recent
creativity · invention · breakthrough · ingenuity · experimentation · pioneering · cutting-edge · groundbreaking · unprecedented · trendsetting
quirky
Idiosyncratically unusual
- idiosyncraticDistinctively individual in nature
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- whimsicalPlayfully fanciful or erratic
zany · kooky · oddball · unconventional · bohemian · nonconformist · outlandish · peculiar · capricious · fanciful
- Anomaliesanomaly, deviation, aberration, irregularity, oddity
- weirdness synonymsweirdness, strangeness, oddity, bizarreness, peculiarity
- noveltynewness, freshness, novelty, originality, uniqueness
- newsworthinesstimeliness, relevance, impact, significance, prominence
unusualnesscommonness
Frequency of occurrence
usualness · ordinariness · prevalence · commonality · everydayness
unusualnessnormalcy
State of being typical
normality · conventionality · standardness · conformity · orthodoxy
usual, unusual, usually, usage, utensil, unusually, usualness