sui generis
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
sui generis (not comparable)
- In a class of its own; one of a kind.
- Synonyms: one of a kind, unique, original
- 1828, Four Discourses on the Sacrifice and Priesthood of Jesus Christ: and on Atonement and Redemption, by John Pye Smith, page 67 ↗
- The transcendent case before us is absolutely sui generis.
- 1995, How To Do Things With Words, by J.L. Austin
- We see him as he sees himself, surveying the invisible depths of ethical space, with all the distinction of a specialist in the sui generis.
- (rarer) By itself; of its own.
- Synonyms: per se
- It is nothing to worry about sui generis, but in context of the other factors it's alarming indeed.
- French: de son genre
- French: tout seul
sui generis (plural none)
- (incorrectly) A thing apart, an isolated specimen
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