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.

What, according to Hobhouse, are the 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)

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

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

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

From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver