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-'''''Sui generis''''' is a [[Latin]] expression, literally meaning ''of its own kind/[[genus]]'' or [[unique]] in its characteristics. The expression was created to indicate an idea, an entity or a reality that cannot be included in a [[generalization|wider concept]]. In the structure "''genus'' → ''species''" a species that heads its own genus is ''sui generis''. The word is pronounced ''SOO-eye jen-ER-ihs''. A modern day equivalent is the phrase genre-defying.  
-== See also ==+# a [[rank]] in the classification of [[organism]]s, below [[family]] and above [[species]]; a [[taxon]] at that rank
-*[[Unclassifiable]]{{GFDL}}+#: ''All magnolias belong to the '''genus''' Magnolia.''
 +# A [[group]] with [[common]] [[attribute]]s
 +# A [[number]] measuring some aspect of the [[complexity]] of any of various [[manifold]]s or [[graph]]s
 +# Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.
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  1. a rank in the classification of organisms, below family and above species; a taxon at that rank
    All magnolias belong to the genus Magnolia.
  2. A group with common attributes
  3. A number measuring some aspect of the complexity of any of various manifolds or graphs
  4. Within a definition, a broader category of the defined concept.




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