The average Westerner, in his sleek complacency, will see in the tea ceremony but another instance of the thousand and one oddities which constitute the quaintness and childishness of the East to him.
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Oddities
Synonyms for "oddities" (188 found)
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incongruousnessindividualityirregularitykinkkookkookinesslone wolflonermaggotmalformationmannerismmaverickmeshuggenahmisfitmonstrositymonstrousnessmuseum piecenaturalnonconformistnonconformity
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nonesuchnutodd fellowoddnessoriginaloutlandishnessoutsiderpariahpeculiarityphenomenonprodigiosityprodigypropertyquaintnessqueer duckqueer fishqueer specimenqueernessquipquirkquirkinessquizrara avisrarityscrewballsingularitysolitaryspookstrange thingstrangenessteratismtramptricktwisttypeunconventionalityunnaturalnessunusualnessweirdnesswhimwhimsicalitywhimsyzealotzombie
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Sample sentences
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Mary used to be wary of Tom's oddities, but has since learned to trust him, knowing that he would always stand up for her.
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The museum also contains oddities.
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I'll grant you that it's one of the oddities of the French language and that even I get fooled regularly.
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