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“Odd” has the nuance of being rare and superior, which “strange” does not have. This is the point. We say “genius” but we don’t say “strange genius. Qiwei” means excellent and great, “qiqi” means excellent and clever, “qibone” means having a rare spirit, “qishi” means an outstanding person, “qidou” is synonymous with prodigy, the first meaning of “original” is outstanding and extraordinary, “qirei” means excellent and beautiful, and so on.
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The second meaning of “eccentric” is someone with spare time. It gives a sense of spare time, which is nice.
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I made a “strange” project, not “strange”. I even wrote a “strange” colorful paper while planning the project.
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“The idea of “eccentricity”
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The common denominator of all the eccentrics that I found wonderful in the unexplored world is the strength of curiosity. In other words, they have A heart that loves “strange”.
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“bizarre” is another word I like.
The word “eccentric” now has a deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention) nuance, but originally it had a excellence nuance.
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To be deliberately unusual in order to attract attention. Digital Daijisen
- relevance - Difference between Type C and Type D of [Can you spot innovative talent in advance? - From excellence comes fulfillment and confidence.
I guess “kitchy” is also an outstandingly bizarre “thought,” so it’s a “bizarre idea” in the best sense of the word.
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Abbreviation of “kisō tenkai yori oraku” (to fall from a strange idea). Kisou” means an eccentric idea. Tengai” means outside of heaven. --- A dictionary of four-character phrases What is kisō tenkai - Kotobank
- Ah, I see, the nuance of “fell from the heavens”.
Curiosity, assuming that “oddity” is a thing of excellence or descent from the heavens, would not include the “Mr. A and his daughter have returned from their marriage, I wonder what happened to them” that is so common in the countryside.
By the way, my sense now is that a culture is emerging in which “weirdo” has a positive meaning of “changeable person”. - An oddball is someone who changes
- In the phase of growth when society is left to the ordinary person (mediocre), the “eccentric” would have only had to make use of his spare time to do eccentric things.
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The second meaning of “eccentric” is someone with spare time. It gives a sense of spare time, which is nice.
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- When society shrinks, Maintaining the status quo is slow suicide. so it is necessary to change it.
- But the normal people are biased toward maintaining the status quo, so the weirdos have to lead the reform.
- In that sense leadership.
- Related: The first follower makes the leader.
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