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What is a differentia?

What is a differentia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (semantics) A distinguishing feature which marks something off from other members of the same family.
  2. (taxonomy) An attribute that distinguishes a species from others of the same genus.
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Indeed, a major differentia between philosophy and theology lies in each discipline's locus of authority and attitude toward its own past.
It is what a logician might call the differentia of Buluwayo.
They are formed into subalternate genera and species by the addition of differentia.
It has to be compared with the views of some other philosophers in order for its specifica differentia to come out clearly.
In the same manner, matter has been regarded prior to form, and genus to differentia.
The systematist gets on very well with hair as his differentia until the question of development is raised.

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