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idiosyncratic

[id-ee-oh-sin-krat-ik, -sing-] / ˌɪd i oʊ sɪnˈkræt ɪk, -sɪŋ- /


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And above all, rooting wildly for one’s own country in delightfully idiosyncratic ways is perfectly acceptable.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

"Pakistani leaders are conducting shuttle diplomacy throughout the Middle East. The question is whether it is transitory and merely the product of the US president's idiosyncratic preferences."

From BBC • May 7, 2026

“This fraud is an idiosyncratic fraud,” said Kaur, according to a FactSet transcript of its call.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

There are idiosyncratic reasons for each of the moves.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Scorned when it was first erected in the late 1950s, it is a brilliant, if idiosyncratic, creation by one of the most original architectural minds of the century.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson




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