differentia

Example Sentences

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The differentia should include all the members that the term denotes, and it should exclude all that it does not denote.

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

It is presupposed, of course, that the behavior with which psychology is concerned is of a distinctive sort; but the differentia is unfortunately the very thing that the "behaviorist" has hitherto left out of account.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.

If one of them only has this differentia, then this one is composite and is not the first cause.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

Find the genus and differentia in the definition of “a good book of the hour.”

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

“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)