distinctive peculiarity

  • 1peculiarity — index character (personal quality), characteristic, differential, distinction (difference), feature (characteristic), habit …

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  • 2Peculiarity — Pe*cul iar i*ty, n.; pl. {Peculiarities}. 1. The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity. [1913 Webster] The …

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  • 3peculiarity — ► NOUN (pl. pecularities) 1) an unusual or distinctive feature or habit. 2) the state of being peculiar …

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  • 4distinctive feature — noun an odd or unusual characteristic • Syn: ↑peculiarity, ↑distinguishing characteristic • Hypernyms: ↑feature, ↑characteristic • Hyponyms: ↑calling card * * * Ling …

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  • 5peculiarity — noun a) The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity. b) That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity …

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  • 6peculiarity — Synonyms and related words: aberration, abnormality, absurdity, affectation, affection, anomaly, anticness, aroma, attribute, automatism, bad habit, badge, banner, bizarreness, bizarrerie, brand, cachet, caprice, cast, character, characteristic,… …

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  • 7peculiarity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. distinctiveness, unusualness, singularity; see characteristic . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. characteristc, singularity, trait, feature, oddity, mark, idiosyncrasy, distinction, quirk. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1 …

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  • 8peculiarity — noun (plural peculiarities) 1》 an unusual or distinctive feature or habit. 2》 the state of being peculiar …

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  • 9Quiddities — Quiddity Quid di*ty, n.; pl. {Quiddities}. [LL. quidditas, fr. L. quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf. F. quiddit[ e].] 1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or,… …

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  • 10Quiddity — Quid di*ty, n.; pl. {Quiddities}. [LL. quidditas, fr. L. quid what, neut. of quis who, akin to E. who: cf. F. quiddit[ e].] 1. The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it? …

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