"bizarrity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: bizarrities [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bizarrity (countable and uncountable, plural bizarrities)
  1. The quality of being bizarre. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: bizarreness, bizarrerie
    Sense id: en-bizarrity-en-noun-gfhRig~b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1885 April, The American Journal of Insanity, volume XLI, Utica, N.Y., page 496",
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          "ref": "1896 February 8, A. J. Dawson, “Two Unimportant Events”, in To-Day: A Weekly Magazine-Journal, volume X, number 118, London, pages 1–4",
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          "ref": "1913, School and Home Education, page 10",
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          "text": "“Without psychosis” means that he doesn’t show any bizarrity of behavior as it is characterized in our definite medical classifications.",
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          "ref": "1958 July 17, John Lear, “A new attack on nervous disorders”, in The New Scientist, volume 4, number 87, page 430",
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          "ref": "2009, David J. Tenenbaum, Terry Devitt, The Why Files: The Science Behind the News, Penguin Books",
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          "ref": "1885 April, The American Journal of Insanity, volume XLI, Utica, N.Y., page 496",
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