how to pronounce oddity

/ˈɑːdətiː/

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oddity is pronounced in three syllables

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iː

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An example use of oddity in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… rockefeller was an oddity the first …”

meanings of oddity

noun:

A strange person; an oddball.
Strangeness.
An odd or strange thing or opinion.

oddity frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word oddity occurs in english on average 1.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics oddity can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that oddity can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;