differentia

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Musset, who was very much of a free-lance in the contest, maintained indeed that the differentia of the Romantic was the copious use of this part of speech.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various

Nam si animali nulla differentia addi posset, genus non esset; et similiter est de omnibus aliis nominibus.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

The Aristotelians said that the differentia must be of the essence of the subject.

From Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic by Stebbing, W. (William)

Egotism is Montaigne’s note, his differentia, in the world of literature.

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver

This something has been called—after the analogy of the differentia specifica which differentiates species within a genus—the differentia individua of the individual.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter