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society, anyone who isn't a carbon copy of his neighbour is
regarded as an eccentric.
eccentricity
n. 1 unconventionality, unusualness, uncommonness,
irregularity, nonconformity, individuality, individualism,
singularity, uniqueness, strangeness, oddness, bizarreness,
distinctiveness, capriciousness, weirdness: Why should someone
be criticized for eccentricity? 2 idiosyncrasy, quirk,
peculiarity, mannerism, crotchet, aberration, anomaly, oddity,
curiosity, caprice: Eating crackers in bed is only one of her
eccentricities.
echo n. 1 reverberation, repercussion, repetition, iteration,
reiteration: The echo of the church bells could be heard
throughout the valley. 2 imitation, copy, replica or
replication, duplication, reproduction, simulation, facsimile;
reflection, mirror image, repetition: Modern Rome is but a
feeble echo of its glorious past.
--v. 3 resound, reverberate, ring: The hall echoed with
children's laughter. 4 imitate, ape, parrot, mimic, copy,
duplicate, reproduce, simulate, repeat, emulate, mirror,
reflect: The poems are unoriginal and merely echo the works of
others.
eclipse v. 1 conceal, hide, blot out, obscure, block, veil, shroud,
cover, darken: A black cloud eclipsed the moon. 2 overshadow,
obscure, surpass, top, outshine: His career was eclipsed by his
wife's brilliant successes.
--n. 3 concealment, covering, hiding, blocking, blockage,
occultation, obscuring, obscuration, darkening, shading,
dimming: Though good may suffer an eclipse, it can never be
extinguished. 4 decline, downturn, slump; recession: After the
scandal, her career went into eclipse.
economic adj. 1 financial, fiscal, pecuniary, monetary, budgetary;
commercial, mercantile, trade: The economic indicators for July
affected the markets. 2 profitable, cost-effective,
money-making, remunerative, productive; solvent: Increased
demand for our products has made the company economic.