differentia

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“Animal” names the general class, and “reasoning” is the differentia which separates “man” from other “animals.”

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

But it states an eternal verity, and so marks an essential differentia.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

The essential property, the "differentia essentialis," of genuine love, as its nature requires fervency, is the fact that it cannot be embittered.

From Epistle Sermons, Vol. II Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Lenker, John Nicholas

Hoc argumentum praecipue ad juris consultos ecclesiasticos et civiles pertinet; et quamvis differentia sit inter jurisdictionem judicis civilis et ecclesiastici tamen judicium utriusque quatenus necessario pendet ab existentia conditionum physicalium in medici consilio situm est.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin

The differentia of aesthetic pleasure not its universality.

From The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory by Santayana, George