without a counterpart or equal; unique
Origin of sui generis
L, literally , of his (or her or its) own kindsui generis
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sui generis
adjective
Being the only example of its kind; unique: “sui generis works like Mary Chesnut's Civil War diary” ( Linda Orr )
Origin of sui generis
Latin suī generis suī of its own generis genitive of genus kindTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
- In a class of its own; one of a kind.
- Anyone who considers the Femmes sui generis has never listened to the Velvets.
- (rarer) By itself; of its own.
- It is nothing to worry about sui generis, but in context of the other factors it's alarming indeed.
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sui generis - Legal Definition
Latin
Of its own kind. Unique;
of its own particular type; in a class of its own.
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