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English noun: peculiarity

1. peculiarity (cognition) an odd or unusual characteristic


Synonymsdistinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic


Broader (hypernym)characteristic, feature


Narrower (hyponym)calling card

2. peculiarity (attribute) a distinguishing trait


Synonymsdistinctiveness, speciality, specialness, specialty


Broader (hypernym)individualism, individuality, individuation


Narrower (hyponym)foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism

3. peculiarity (artifact) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting


Synonymscurio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, rarity


Broader (hypernym)object, physical object


Narrower (hyponym)bric-a-brac, collectable, collectible, collector's item, knickknack, knickknackery, nicknack, piece de resistance, showpiece, whatnot









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