differentia

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Non enim animal potest esse absque rationali vel irrationali differentia, quamvis sine his differentiis consideretur; licet enim cogitetur universale absque additione, non tamen absque receptibilitate additionis est.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter

The differentia is that part of a definition which names the difference between the term defined and the general class to which it belongs.

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

Poetry is a species of Fine Art, its differentia being the use of metrical language as its instrument.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

Disinterestedness not the differentia of aesthetic pleasure, 37 et seq.

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

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)