differentia

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differentia

/dɪfəˈɹɛnʃɪə/ UK

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From Latin differentia. Doublet of difference.

noun differentiae

A distinguishing feature which marks a species off from other members of the same genus. That character, it seems to me, should be regarded as the practically important differentia of religion for our purpose; and just what it is can easily be brought out by comparing the mind of an abstractly conceived Christian with that of a moralist similarly conceived.

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@misc{differentia_2026,
  title = {differentia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/differentia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}