MEANING
Distinctive to an individual or group, especially in habits, expression, or characteristic style.
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Use for a distinctive personal quirk, style, or system.Make a character’s habits or methods feel specific rather than generic.
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- idiosyncratic style
- idiosyncratic habit
- idiosyncratic approach
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His idiosyncratic map marked every bridge by the sound its boards made.
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Idiosyncratic means characteristic of a particular person or thing; it can be neutral or mildly critical, not automatically eccentric.
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