idiosyncrasy

Definitions

A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.

A distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing.

Examples

His habit of tapping his pen against his chin whenever he was deep in thought was a peculiar idiosyncrasy that his colleagues found both distracting and endearing.

Every artist has a unique idiosyncrasy in their brushwork that makes their paintings instantly recognizable to experts.

She learned to embrace her husband's strange idiosyncrasy of alphabetizing his spice rack every Sunday morning.

Synonyms

peculiarity quirk eccentricity mannerism trait oddity singularity

Antonyms

normality conformity regularity standardization commonality uniformity convention