- concern
- inquisitiveness
- interest
- eagerness
- interestedness
- intrusiveness
- investigation
- meddlesomeness
- meddling
- nosiness
- officiousness
- prying
- questioning
- snoopiness
- inquiring mind
- inquiringness
- mental acquisitiveness
- searching
- snooping
- thirst for knowledge
- curio
- novelty
- rarity
- knickknack
- objet d’art
- trinket
- exoticism
- bibelot
- conversation piece
- marvel
- oddity
- one of a kind
- peculiar object
- rara avis
- rare bird
- singular object
- unusual object
- wonder
On this page you’ll find 68 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to curiosity, such as: concern, inquisitiveness, interest, eagerness, interestedness, and intrusiveness.
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There’s been a lot of quarterback movement around the league — and a lot of curiosity specifically about what the change at QB will mean for New England and Tampa Bay — but those moves haven’t affected our predictions too much.
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She had never had this curiosity in relation to George Cannon—she had only wondered about his affairs with other women.
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Miss Thangue sat forward with the frank curiosity of the Englishwoman when inspecting a foreign specimen.
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Her directness had made all possible ‘buts’ seem ridiculous and futile, and had made the expression of curiosity seem offensive.
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WORDS RELATED TO CURIOSITY
- bauble
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- gewgaw
- gimcrack
- knickknack
- novelty
- ornament
- trifle
- whatnot
- aberration
- abortion
- anomaly
- chimera
- curiosity
- geek
- malformation
- miscreation
- monster
- monstrosity
- mutant
- mutation
- oddity
- rarity
- sport
- weirdo
- buffoon
- computer specialist
- curiosity
- dolt
- dork
- freak
- goon
- guru
- nerd
- techie
- weirdo
- bagatelle
- bauble
- bibelot
- conversation piece
- curio
- curiosity
- gaud
- gimcrack
- item
- knickknack
- memento
- objet d’art
- souvenir
- toy
- trifle
- trinket
- whatnot
- bagatelle
- bauble
- bibelot
- bric-a-brac
- conversation piece
- curio
- curiosity
- embellishment
- frill
- furbelow
- gadget
- miniature
- notion
- novelty
- objet d’art
- ornament
- plaything
- souvenir
- thingamajig
- toy
- trifle
- trinket
- whatnot
- whimsy
- curiosity
- genius
- miracle
- one for the books
- phenomenon
- portent
- prodigy
- sensation
- something else
- stunner
- whiz
Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
1 inquisitiveness, interest, nosiness (informal) prying, snooping (informal)
2 celebrity, freak, marvel, novelty, oddity, phenomenon, rarity, sight, spectacle, wonder
3 bibelot, bygone, collector’s item, curio, knick-knack, objet d’art, trinket
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
curiosity
( curiosities plural )
1 n-uncount Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else…, To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.
2 n-count A curiosity is something that is unusual, interesting, and fairly rare.
There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums…
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rarity
oddity, monstrosity
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oddity
peculiarity, aberration
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curio
oddity, collected
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wonder
oddity, rarity
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inquisitiveness
investigate, understand
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interest
inquisitiveness, regard
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peculiarity
oddity, aberration
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trinket
collected, new gimmick
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marvel
oddity, wonder
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nosiness
investigate, understand
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freak
monstrosity, odd item
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phenomenon
wonder, rarity
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prodigy
wonder, odd item
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spectacle
wonder
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prying
understand, nosiness
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anomaly
aberration, abnormality
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novelty
peculiarity, new gimmick
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bibelot
collected, odd item
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regard
interest, activity
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concern
regard, interest
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bauble
new gimmick
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abnormality
monstrosity, aberration
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miracle
wonder
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eccentricity
aberration, abnormality
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oddment
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curiousness
investigate
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sensation
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aberration
abnormality
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conversation piece
odd item
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sight
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Curiosity is one of the most fascinating human traits. It’s at the root of all scientific progress. Without curiosity there would be no Kepler, no Darwin, no Einstein. The power of curiosity is infinite. It can drive us to explore new territory, to question the status quo, and to seek out information that might be otherwise unknown. Curiosity has the potential to change the world. It’s been said that curiosity is the root of all knowledge. And that’s true. Curiosity is the motivator that can lead us to new discoveries, new understandings, and new opportunities.
WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.5 / 9 votes
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curiositynoun
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inquisitivenessAntonyms:
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curiositynoun
Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.
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curiositynoun
Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.
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curiositynoun
A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.
He kept the strangely shaped rock as a curiosity.
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inquisitivenessAntonyms:
ignorance
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.2 / 5 votes
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curiosity
Synonyms:
inquisitiveness, interest, wonder, marvel, interrogativeness, rarity, phenomenon, celebrity, oddity, lionAntonyms:
indifference, heedlessness, disregard, abstraction, absence, weed, drug, dirt, cipher, bagatelle, song
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curiosity, wondernoun
a state in which you want to learn more about something
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peculiarity, oddment, wonderment, wonder, marvel, curio, oddity, admiration, rarity -
curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, raritynoun
something unusual — perhaps worthy of collecting
Synonyms:
rarity, tenuity, remainder, wonder, end, distinguishing characteristic, distinctiveness, rareness, curio, oddness, specialty, quirkiness, low density, queerness, oddity, crotchet, specialness, distinctive feature, remnant, peculiarity, oddment, infrequency, quirk, speciality
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Paul Pairet:
I chose Shanghai because there was already the ingredients. Obviously, the power of Shanghai, the energy of Shanghai… to free up Western cuisine based on curiosity, all these ingredients are very important, especially for the avant-garde.
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Clarence Day:
Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the pausing at times to reflect on those facts.
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Jeb Bush:
To get your foreign policy advice from the shows is probably not the best way to be ready to be president, if you have intellectual curiosity as a leader, you can grow into the job. I’m not sure Mr. Trump has much intellectual curiosity.
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Tom Segev:
I don’t expect many Israelis to stream out on to the streets and greet the car of Prince William. He will be treated as some celebrity of course, obviously, maybe some exotic eccentric curiosity.
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Ken Shubin Stein:
Doing so would limit his options going forward and he doesn’t usually give up free options to satisfy the curiosity of the outside world.
Translations for curiosity
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- فُضُولArabic
- maraqAzerbaijani
- куриоз, любознателност, любопитство, рядкостBulgarian
- zvědavost, kuriozitaCzech
- nysgerrighedDanish
- Kuriosität, Neugierde, Neugier, KuriosumGerman
- περιέργειαGreek
- curiosidadSpanish
- uudishimu, kurioosumEstonian
- jakinminBasque
- kuriositeetti, uteliaisuusFinnish
- curiositéFrench
- סקרנותHebrew
- kiváncsiságHungarian
- forvitniIcelandic
- curiositàItalian
- 珍奇, 好奇心Japanese
- ಕುತೂಹಲKannada
- 호기심, 好奇心Korean
- tatol, balkêşî, çavzêlkî, tatêl, etir, xemxwerî, hewes, mereqKurdish
- cūriōsitāsLatin
- žingeidumas, smalsumasLithuanian
- ziņkārība, ziņkāreLatvian
- mokamokai, mōkaikaiMāori
- љубопитностMacedonian
- nieuwsgierigheid, curiositeitDutch
- nysgjerrighetNorwegian
- ciekawostka, ciekawośćPolish
- curiosidadePortuguese
- curiozitateRomanian
- любознательность, редкость, любопытство, пытливость, курьёз, диковинаRussian
- знатижеља, znatiželjnost, znatiželja, ljubopitljivost, љубопитност, ljubopitstvo, љубопитљивост, знатижељност, куриозѝте̄т, ljubopitnost, zanìmljivōst, radoznalost, занѝмљиво̄ст, љубопитство, радозналост, kuriozìtētSerbo-Croatian
- radovednostSlovene
- nyfikenhet, kuriositetSwedish
- కుతూహలంTelugu
- meraklılık, tuhaflık, merak, ucûbeTurkish
- дивина, рідкість, цікавістьUkrainian
- تجسسUrdu
- tò mòVietnamese
- 好奇心Chinese
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curiosity
noun
Definition of curiosity
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as in concern
an eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one’s business
our neighbor’s curiosity about what we were doing last night was really offensive
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questioning
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inquisitiveness
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curiousness
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nosiness
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wonderment
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attentiveness
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inquiry
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interrogation
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interference
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prying
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intrusiveness
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regard
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officiousness
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obtrusiveness
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eavesdropping
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meddlesomeness
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rubbernecking
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indifference
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disregard
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incuriosity
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apathy
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unconcern
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incuriousness
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disinterestedness
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indifference
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as in rarity
something strange or unusual that is an object of interest
the museum’s curiosities include items constructed entirely out of toothpicks
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rarity
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wonder
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exotic
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curio
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objet
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oddity
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marvel
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virtu
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monster
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mutant
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mutation
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abnormality
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objet d’art
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prodigy
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oddment
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found object
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anomaly
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curiosa
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ephemera
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freak
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vertu
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rare bird
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rara avis
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objet trouvé
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malformation
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monstrosity
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as in ornamental
a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest
an assortment of curiosities from around the world that the family picked up during various vacations
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ornamental
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novelty
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ornament
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souvenir
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gaud
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curio
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geegaw
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knickknack
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nicknack
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collectable
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gewgaw
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trinket
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bauble
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bibelot
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collectible
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tchotchke
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gimcrack
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kickshaw
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vertu
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doodad
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trumpery
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objet
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virtu
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trifle
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gimcrackery
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figurine
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conversation piece
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bagatelle
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memento
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trinketry
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bric—a—brac
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keepsake
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bijouterie
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objet d’art
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collector’s item
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as in trick
an odd or peculiar habit
Charles Dickens typically endowed his characters with an array of endearing curiosities
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trick
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trait
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eccentricity
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mannerism
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characteristic
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quirk
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idiosyncrasy
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habit
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peculiarity
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singularity
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oddity
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individualism
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twist
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kink
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tic
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quip
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erraticism
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attitude
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attribute
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quiddity
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affectation
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practice
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personality
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tendency
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character
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crotchet
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weirdness
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practise
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addiction
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property
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pattern
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inclination
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way
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predilection
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perversion
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airs
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neuroticism
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humor
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predisposition
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custom
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proclivity
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abnormality
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penchant
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propensity
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temperament
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individuality
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identity
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disposition
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genius
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partiality
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wont
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nature
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bent
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mark
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turn
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leaning
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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conformity
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sameness
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conformity
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sameness
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