Idiosyncrasy

Noun

 * 1) A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
 * 2) A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.
 * 3)  A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.
 * 4) A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
 * He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling.

Synonyms

 * eccentricity
 * foible


 * habit
 * mannerism


 * oddity
 * quirk


 * vagary

Derived terms

 * idiosyncratic
 * idiosyncratically

Adjectives for Idiosyncrasy
personal; morbid; sickly; separate.

Verbs for Idiosyncrasy
ban—; dispense with—; foster—; humor—; imitate—; indulge in—; inherit—; parade —s; permit—; protest—; question—; restrain—; ridicule—; tolerate—; transmit—; understand—; warrant—; wonder at—; — embarrasses; —perplexes; —puzzles.

Thesaurus
aberration, abnormality, animus, anomaly, aptitude, aroma, attribute, badge, banner, bent, bias, brand, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, conceit, configuration, constitution, crackpotism, crank, crankiness, crankism, crotchet, crotchetiness, cut, deviancy, deviation, device, diathesis, differentia, differential, differentness, disposition, distinctive feature, divergence, dottiness, earmark, eccentricity, erraticism, erraticness, feature, figure, flavor, freakiness, freakishness, grain, gust, habit, hallmark, idiocrasy, image, impress, impression, inclination, index, indicant, indicator, individualism, insignia, irregularity, keynote, kidney, kink, leaning, lineaments, maggot, make, makeup, mannerism, mark, marking, measure, mental set, mettle, minauderie, mind, mind-set, mold, nature, nonconformity, note, oddity, odor, particularity, peculiar trait, peculiarity, picture, predilection, predisposition, preference, proclivity, propensity, property, quality, queerness, quip, quirk, quirkiness, representation, representative, savor, seal, set, shape, sigil, sign, signal, signature, singularity, slant, smack, specialty, stamp, strain, strangeness, streak, stripe, sure sign, symptom, taint, tang, taste, telltale sign, temper, temperament, tendency, token, trademark, trait, trick, trick of behavior, turn, turn of mind, twist, type, unconventionality, unnaturalness, warp, whim, whimsicality, whimsy

Etymology
First attested in 1604, in modern sense since 1665, from idiosyncrasie: <  ἰδιοσυγκρασία: < ἴδιος: + σύν: + κρᾶσις:.

Translations

 * Danish: idiosynkratisk
 * Dutch: eigenheid, eigenaardigheid
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, νοοτροπία
 * Italian:, mania, fissazione
 * Polish: idiosynkrazja, dziwactwo


 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish: egenart, egenhet, egenskap
 * Turkish: ayrıklılık, huy, kişisel özellik, tuhaflık
 * Ukrainian: ідіосинкразія


 * Dutch: ,
 * German:, ,


 * Italian:
 * Polish: idiosynkrazja


 * Romanian:
 * Russian: отличительная особенность (otličítel’naja osóbennost’), отличительная черта (otličítel’naja čertá)
 * Spanish:


 * Croatian:
 * Danish: overfølsomhed,
 * Dutch: idiosyncrasie, overgevoeligheid
 * Finnish: ,
 * German:


 * Greek: ευαισθησία
 * Italian:
 * Polish: idiosynkrazja
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:


 * Danish: særhed, særegenhed, særpræg,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ominaispiirre
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: jellemző sajátosság, egyéni sajátosság
 * Italian:


 * Mandarin:
 * Norwegian: særegenhet
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: caracteristică, particularitate
 * Russian: отличительная особенность (otličítel’naja osóbennost’), отличительная черта (otličítel’naja čertá)


 * : idiosyncrasie
 * : אידיוסינקרטיות (idiosynkretiyut)
 * : idiossincrasia


 * : egenhet