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English noun: peculiarity | |||
| 1. | peculiarity (cognition) an odd or unusual characteristic | ||
| Synonyms | distinctive feature, distinguishing characteristic | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | characteristic, feature | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | calling card | ||
| 2. | peculiarity (attribute) a distinguishing trait | ||
| Synonyms | distinctiveness, speciality, specialness, specialty | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individualism, individuality, individuation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | foible, idiosyncrasy, mannerism | ||
| 3. | peculiarity (artifact) something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting | ||
| Synonyms | curio, 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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