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Eigenheit — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • foible noun A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.
  • idiosyncrasy noun An unusual habit or feature belonging to one particular person, which marks them out from everyone else.
  • Singularity noun A hypothetical future point when artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence and triggers runaway technological change.

Senses

Eigenheit is used for these senses in English:

  • foible (mostly, in plural) A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.
  • idiosyncrasy A behavior or way of thinking that is characteristic of a person.
  • idiosyncrasy A language or behaviour that is particular to an individual or group.
  • idiosyncrasy A peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify.
  • singularity The state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
  • singularity (physics) Ellipsis of gravitational singularity (“a point or region in spacetime in which gravitational forces cause matter to have an infinite density; associated with black holes”).

foible — full definition

  1. noun A quirk, idiosyncrasy, frailty, or mannerism; an unusual habit that is slightly strange or silly.
  2. noun A weakness or failing of character.
  3. noun Part of a sword between the middle and the point, weaker than the forte.

idiosyncrasy — full definition

  1. noun An unusual habit or feature belonging to one particular person, which marks them out from everyone else.
  2. noun An odd or distinctive characteristic of a thing, place or system.
  3. noun An unusual physical reaction that a particular individual has to a drug or food.

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