Definitions for differentia

differentia dif·fer·en·ti·a

Spelling: [dif-uh-ren-shee-uh, -shuh]
IPA: /ˌdɪf əˈrɛn ʃi ə, -ʃə/

Differentia is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 570 anagrams from letters in differentia (adeeffiinrt).

Definitions for differentia

noun

  1. the character or attribute by which one species is distinguished from all others of the same genus.
  2. the character or basic factor by which one entity is distinguished from another.

Origin of differentia

From Latin, dating back to 1820-30; See origin at difference

Examples for differentia

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

What is the differentia, limiting the Genus and constituting the Species?

Objectification the differentia of aesthetic pleasure, 44 et seq.

Disinterestedness not the differentia of aesthetic pleasure, 37 et seq.

Universality not the differentia of aesthetic pleasure, 40 et seq.

If one of them only has this differentia, then this one is composite and is not the first cause.

It is what a logician might call the differentia of Buluwayo.

Moreover, the definition of the differentia may be predicated of that of which the differentia itself is predicated.

It is the possession of these, above all, which constitutes the differentia of man.

Its differentia is that which separates it from the unit of common humanity.

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