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The character "癖" originated as a medical term, constructed from the radical "疒" denoting sickness or ailment, combined with "辟" which primarily served a phonetic function. Its initial meaning centered on a hidden or chronic physical ailment, a persistent sickness lodged within the body. Over centuries, its application broadened metaphorically beyond the purely physiological, coming to describe any persistent and often involuntary inclination or predilection of the mind. This semantic shift retained the core idea of something fixed and ingrained, but transferred it from the realm of bodily disease to that of psychological habit or idiosyncratic fondness, transforming a clinical term into a word describing a pronounced personal tendency or taste.
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他的洁癖很严重。
妹妹有收集玩具的癖好。
爸爸成功戒掉了酒癖。
这种怪癖会影响人际关系。
医生正在治疗他的赌博癖。
对于自己的特殊癖好，他从不掩饰。
她的洁癖导致她每天必须消毒所有餐具。
尽管这些个人癖好看似无关紧要，却塑造了他的独特个性。