(plural eccentricities) noun
1 [U] behaviour that people think is strange or unusual; the quality of being unusual and different from other people:
As a teacher, she had a reputation for eccentricity. * Arthur was noted for the eccentricity of his clothes.
2 [C,usually pl.] an unusual act or habit:
We all have our little eccentricities. * I had long since grown used to the eccentricities of his driving technique.
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