Oddity and Wonder

Oddity

Oddity noun - Something strange or unusual that is an object of interest.

Usage example: years ago circus sideshows used to display people with unusual physical features as oddities

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Wonder and oddity are semantically related In some cases you can use "Wonder" instead a noun "Oddity".

Nearby Words: odd, oddly

Wonder noun - Something extraordinary or surprising.

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Oddity and wonder are semantically related in something that is amazing topic. Sometimes you can use "Oddity" instead a noun "Wonder".

normal	normal oddity	normal wonder
certain	certain oddity	certain wonder
sheer	sheer oddity	sheer wonder
real	real oddity	real wonder
Other adjectives: little, main, supernatural, biggest, architectural.

Use of this trope is almost always accidental, and as is such, it functions mainly as an oddity while the viewers wonder why, in retrospect, the writers used the naming conventions they did.

Source: Premature Encapsulation
He'd recently achieved his commercial breakthrough with "Space Oddity", but his failure to follow it up made it look like he'd be a One-Hit Wonder.

Source: Music / The Man Who Sold the World

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