n., pl. -ties.

1. The quality or state of being peculiar.
2. A notable or distinctive feature or characteristic.
3. An eccentricity; an idiosyncrasy.

noun

1. A distinctive element: attribute, character, characteristic, feature, mark, property, quality, savor, trait. See be.
2. Peculiar behavior: eccentricity, idiosyncrasy, quirk, quirkiness, singularity. See usual/unusual.

n

Definition: characteristic; oddity
Antonyms: normality, usualness

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The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: an odd or unusual characteristic
  Synonym: distinctive feature

Meaning #2: a distinguishing trait
  Synonyms: specialness, specialty, speciality, distinctiveness

Meaning #3: something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
  Synonyms: curio, curiosity, oddity, oddment, rarity

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - særegenhed, ejendommelighed, besynderlighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
eigenaardigheid, eigenschap

Français (French)
n. - particularité, bizarrerie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Eigentümlichkeit, Besonderheit, Eigenartigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ιδιομορφία, ιδιαίτερο χαρακτηριστικό γνώρισμα, ιδιορρυθμία, παραξενιά, εκκεντρικότητα

Italiano (Italian)
peculiarità, particolarità, stramberia, stranezza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - peculiaridade (f), detalhe (m), excentricidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
особенность, странность

Español (Spanish)
n. - peculiaridad, rasgo característico, singularidad, rareza

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - egenhet, egendomlighet, säregenhet

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
特质, 怪癖, 特性

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 特質, 怪癖, 特性

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 특색, 독자성, 기벽

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 特色, 特異性, 特殊性, 風変わりな点

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خاصيه, صفه مميزة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מוזרות, תכונה אופיינית, דבר משונה‬

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