For decades, Fire Island has been defined by the distinct — and idiosyncratic — identities of its 17 communities, from the swinging singles in their Kismet and Fair Harbor group house shares, to the quiet family getaways of Saltaire and Lonelyville to the predominantly gay and lesbian enclaves of Fire Island Pines and Cherry Grove.
It veers off in directions that are as surprising as they are idiosyncratic; the movie's identity is distinctive and integral — it really is a unique experience.
Many critics and fellow artists saw his work as overwrought and idiosyncratic, narrowly preoccupied with Catalan identity and pious Catholicism.
All three hoped this freedom would be something a rising generation of LGBTQ writers could take advantage of, allowing them to explore the more idiosyncratic and radical elements of queer identity and offer up more diverse perspectives on what it mean to be queer today.
Religious identity is more individual, more idiosyncratic, more interesting.
That's one of the things that I loved about what J.C. did with this film, which is he made his hero an American of Latin American descent who is completely idiosyncratic, who is not a cliche, whose identity although much made up of where he comes from is just as much made up of who he is emotionally and psychologically and spiritually.
With an eccentric, beguiling blend of detachment and empathy — the camera sometimes lurking like a spy, sometimes trailing along like a shy, devoted friend — Ms. Tsangari observes the curious activities of Marina, a 23-year-old in the midst of an identity crisis that feels both highly idiosyncratic and weirdly familiar.
Further, one study finds that idiosyncratic resources in terms of endowments and social identity of immigrant entrepreneurs determine their various paths to entrepreneurship (Ndofor and Priem 2011).
He expressed the identity crisis of postwar Belgium in an idiosyncratic and often savagely ironic style.
David Bezmozgis and Dinaw Mengestu paint clear-eyed portraits of immigration and identity; Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, ZZ Packer, and Wells Tower offer idiosyncratic, voice-driven narratives.
