Idiosyncrasy vs Individuality - What's the difference?
idiosyncrasy | individuality | Related terms |
A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.
(medicine) A peculiar individual reaction to a generally innocuous substance or factor.
A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
(uncountable) The characteristics which contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.
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Idiosyncrasy is a related term of individuality.
As nouns the difference between idiosyncrasy and individuality
is that idiosyncrasy is a behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person while individuality is (uncountable) the characteristics which contribute to the differentiation or distinction of someone or something from a group of otherwise comparable identity.idiosyncrasy
English
(wikipedia idiosyncrasy)Noun
(idiosyncrasies)- He mastered the idiosyncrasies of English spelling.
Synonyms
* eccentricity * foible * habit * mannerism * oddity * quirk * vagaryDerived terms
(derived terms) * idiosyncratic * idiosyncraticallySee also
* eccentricity * habit * peculiarity * speciality * specialness * specialty * traitReferences
* *individuality
English
Noun
citation, passage=Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.}}