peculiarity

peculiarity (pɪˌkjuːlɪˈærɪtɪ)

—n , pl -ties
1.	a strange or unusual habit or characteristic
2.	a distinguishing trait, etc that is characteristic of a particular person; idiosyncrasy
3.	the state or quality of being peculiar

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Example sentences

For psychic evolution shows a peculiarity which is not found in any other

process of development.

Another peculiarity of dream-work finds it prototype in the development of

language.

In addition to the regular information that shows in every map, this one has

the peculiarity that it highlights the highways.

It is a peculiarity of modern times to overdo everything.

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"Miss Dudley ... gives one the idea of a lightly-sparred yacht in mid- ocean; unexpected; you ask yourself what the devil she is doing there. She sails gaily along, though there is no land in sight and plenty of rough weather coming. She never read a book, I believe, in her life. She tries to paint, but she is only a second-rate amateur and will never be any thing more, though she has done one or two things which I give you my word I would like to have done myself. She picks up all she knows without an effort and knows nothing well, yet she seems to understand whatever is said. Her mind is as irregular as her face, and both have the same peculiarity. I notice that the lines of her eyebrows, nose and mouth all end with a slight upward curve like a yacht's sails, which gives a kind of hopefulness and self-confidence to her expression. Mind and face have the same curves."

-Henry Brooks Adams

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