eccentricity

Lars von Trier is a film director known for his eccentricity and alarming way with words.

On the misery, sort of unromantic side, we say: He’s a lot on his mind at the moment to explain the eccentricity of someone or their eccentric behaviour because they’re worrying about something.

At the beginning of the book, they were living in a strange thicket because Lennie’s eccentricity only causes mischief and forces them to move around and find a new job.

They can do all kinds of things to the English language in India if they want to, but if their goal is clear communication in an international context, then they have to drop all those eccentricities and adhere to the general standard.