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differentia
noun as in characteristic
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Animal” names the general class, and “reasoning” is the differentia which separates “man” from other “animals.
The differentia should include all the members that the term denotes, and it should exclude all that it does not denote.
Find the genus and differentia in the definition of “a good book of the hour.”
Wilhelmi de Northfeilde expositio super librum de differentia spiritus et anim.
But the most obvious differentia of Whiggism was a dislike to the ecclesiastical spirit.
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On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to differentia, such as: aspect, attribute, component, essence, flavor, and nature.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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