differentia

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver