differentia

Example Sentences

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The differentia of aesthetic pleasure not its universality.

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

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.

The formation of such rules, resting as it does on the power of framing and applying general conceptions, is the prime differentia of human morality from animal behavior.

From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra

Genus and differentia are found in every good definition.

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

Such an idea has the differentia of intelligence.

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