eccentricity
/ˌeksenˈtrɪsəti/noun
उच्चारण एक्सेन्ट्रिसटी
सनक, विचित्रता, झक्कीपन
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[U]
behaviour that people think is strange or unusual; the quality of being unusual and different from other people
सनक, विचित्रता, झक्कीपन
- His eccentricity made him popular with the students.
- His eccentricity, such as wearing sandals in snow, made him a legend in the village.
- The professor's eccentricity amused his students.
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- Her eccentricity showed in the way she dressed.
- Genius is often linked with eccentricity.
Synonyms oddity peculiarity strangeness quirkiness idiosyncrasy
Opposite normality conventionality ordinariness conformity
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an unusual act or habit
विचित्र आदत
- Wearing two watches was one of his eccentricities.
- One of her little eccentricities is eating her dessert before the main course.
- Collecting old keys was one of his harmless eccentricities.
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- Her eccentricities included talking to the plants every morning.
- We put up with the old man's eccentricities.
Synonyms quirk idiosyncrasy foible peculiarity oddity
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
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ec·cen·tric·i·ty
Double c (not 'ecentricity'); the adjective eccentric.
दो c ('ecentricity' गलत है); adjective eccentric।
⌂Word origin and word building
From the Greek for 'out of the centre'.
यूनानी में 'केंद्र से बाहर' से।
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One-word substitution
A person with strange habits is an eccentric or crank; a strange personal habit an idiosyncrasy or quirk.
विचित्र आदतों वाला eccentric या crank; विचित्र निजी आदत idiosyncrasy या quirk।
General knowledge
Science: eccentricity also describes how much an orbit differs from a circle.
विज्ञान में eccentricity यह भी बताती है कि कक्षा वृत्त से कितनी अलग है।