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- adjective
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- departing from norms or conventions [Princeton Review]
- deviating from the recognized or customary character, practice, etc.; irregular; erratic; peculiar; odd: eccentric conduct; an eccentric person [Webster]
- unusual; peculiar; not conventional or normal [Barron]
- deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways [Taisha]
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