Definition of Peculiarity

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Peculiarity

The quality or state of being peculiar; individuality; singularity.

That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.

Exclusive possession or right.

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Peculiarity Quotations

The main peculiarity which distinguishes man from other animals is the means of his support-the power which he possesses of very greatly increasing these means.
Thomas Malthus

The most common and most important result of them is that the nature and size of the effect on corresponding series of different elements are largely an expression of the peculiarity of their atomic structure - or, at least, of the structure of the surface.
Johannes Stark

I just kind of conjured them up out of my subconscious and put them in order of ascending peculiarity.
Edward Gorey

Peculiarity Translations

peculiarity in German is Eigenheit
peculiarity in Spanish is peculiaridad
peculiarity in Swedish is egenhet, egendomlighet

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