Sui generis
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| - | '''''Sui generis''''' is a ([[Neo-Latin|post]]) [[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 [[genre|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. {{GFDL}} | + | '''''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 [[genre|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. {{GFDL}} |
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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 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.
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