noun (plural peculiarities)
1 [C] a strange or unusual feature or habit:
a physical peculiarity * He was strongly attracted by her peculiarities of dress and behaviour.
2 [C] a feature that only belongs to one particular person, thing, place, etc:
the cultural peculiarities of the English * A sharp ringing in the ears is a peculiarity of the disease. * The fish are dependent for survival on the peculiarities of the environment that they live in.
3 [U] the quality of being strange or unusual
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