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)

A. All engraving must be cut work;—that is its differentia.

From Ariadne Florentina Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving by Ruskin, John

What, according to Hobhouse, are the differentia of human morality from animal behavior?

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

The attribute or attributes whereby a species is distinguished from other species of the same genus, is called its differentia or differentiæ.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

Being without a serviceable differentia, he is unable to mark off the field of psychology from contiguous territory.

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