Synonyms for idiosyncrasies
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1. List of paraphrases for "idiosyncrasies":

   mannerisms, quirks, specificities, particularities

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1. Henry James, "The Ambassadors", Book Seventh, Chapter 3:

   It struck him really that he had never so lived with her as during this period of her silence; the silence was a sacred hush, a finer clearer medium, in which her idiosyncrasies showed.

2. W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence:

   Common-sense appears to be only another name for the thoughtlessness of the unthinking. It is made of the prejudices of childhood, the idiosyncrasies of individual character and the opinion of the newspapers.

3. Virginia Woolf:

   When a subject is highly controversial... one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker.

4. Antonio Mohamed:

   I know Mexico's idiosyncrasies very well, it was a place where I always felt wanted. I need to be loved if I am to win. I don't need to win to be loved. And that has generated a lovely commitment.

5. Daniel Abrams:

   Despite our idiosyncrasies in listening, the brain experiences music in a very consistent fashion across subjects.