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   idiosyncrasy

   /ˌɪdɪə(ʊ)ˈsɪŋkrəsi/

   noun

   • 1. a mode of behaviour or way of thought peculiar to an individual: "one of his little idiosyncrasies was always preferring to be in the car first"
   • ▪ a distinctive or peculiar feature or characteristic of a place or thing: "the idiosyncrasies of the prison system"
   • 2. an abnormal physical reaction by an individual to a food or drug.

   Word Origin early 17th century (originally in the sense ‘physical constitution peculiar to an individual’): from Greek idiosunkrasia, from idios ‘own, private’ + sun ‘with’ + krasis ‘mixture’.

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